Definition of drag

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Drag (v. t.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3..

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Personate :: Personate (a.) Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon..
Overhaul :: Overhaul (v. t.) To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs..
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.
Gowdie :: Gowdie (n.) See Dragont.
Calvessnout :: Calvessnout (n.) Snapdragon.
Quadragesimal :: Quadragesimal (a.) Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.
Train :: Train (v. t.) To draw along; to trail; to drag.
Draggle :: Draggle (v. i.) To be dragged on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass.
Helmet :: Helmet (n.) The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3..
Sowle :: Sowle (v. t.) To pull by the ears; to drag about.
Slipes :: Slipes (v.) Sledge runners on which a skip is dragged in a mine.
Draglink :: Draglink (n.) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.
Byard :: Byard (n.) A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines..
Dragonish :: Dragonish (a.) resembling a dragon.
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent..
Dragonlike :: Dragonlike (a.) Like a dragon.
Bidet :: Bidet (n.) A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.
Scuff :: Scuff (v. i.) To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
Mandragora :: Mandragora (n.) A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1..
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