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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Drag :: Drag (v. i.) To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly..
Quadragene :: Quadragene (n.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance..
Draggled :: Draggled (imp. & p. p.) of Draggl.
Daggle-tailed :: Daggle-tailed (a.) Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
Dracontine :: Dracontine (a.) Belonging to a dragon.
Devil's Darning-needle :: Devil's darning-needle () A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t..
Drag :: Drag (v. i.) To fish with a dragnet.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground..
Gowdie :: Gowdie (n.) See Dragont.
Trawlwarp :: Trawlwarp (n.) A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet..
Adragant :: Adragant (n.) Gum tragacanth.
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms..
Hesperides :: Hesperides (n. pl.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides..
Head-lugged :: Head-lugged (a.) Lugged or dragged by the head.
Trice :: Trice (v. t.) To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly..
Bordraging :: Bordraging (n.) An incursion upon the borders of a country; a raid.
Train :: Train (v. t.) To draw along; to trail; to drag.
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment..
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