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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Dragonnade :: Dragonnade (n.) The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade..
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..
Scuff :: Scuff (v. i.) To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
Mandragorite :: Mandragorite (n.) One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake.
Drag :: Drag (v. i.) To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold..
Dragantine :: Dragantine (n.) A mucilage obtained from, or containing, gum tragacanth..
Draggled :: Draggled (imp. & p. p.) of Draggl.
Labiate :: Labiate (a.) Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip..
Hary :: Hary (v. t.) To draw; to drag; to carry off by violence.
Dragnet :: Dragnet (n.) A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing..
Dragonish :: Dragonish (a.) resembling a dragon.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.
Sowle :: Sowle (v. t.) To pull by the ears; to drag about.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment..
Quadragesimals :: Quadragesimals (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday.
Syncopation :: Syncopate (v. t.) To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags..
Dragooner :: Dragooner (n.) A dragoon.
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman..
Dragoon :: Dragoon (v. t.) To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.
Byard :: Byard (n.) A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines..
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