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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Quadragesima :: Quadragesima (n.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.
Daggle-tail :: Daggle-tail (n.) A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (n.) A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing..
Byard :: Byard (n.) A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines..
Tump :: Tump (v. t.) To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed..
Labiatifloral :: Labiatifloral (a.) Having labiate flowers, as the snapdragon..
Draco :: Draco (n.) A genus of lizards. See Dragon, 6..
Daggle-tailed :: Daggle-tailed (a.) Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
Dragged :: Dragged (imp. & p. p.) of Dra.
Shuffling :: Shuffling (a.) Moving with a dragging, scraping step..
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..
Dracontic :: Dracontic (a.) Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon's head, under Dragon..
Quadragesimal :: Quadragesimal (a.) Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.
Forty-spot :: Forty-spot (n.) The Tasmanian forty-spotted diamond bird (Pardalotus quadragintus).
Truchman :: Truchman (n.) An interpreter. See Dragoman.
Pendragon :: Pendragon (n.) A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs.
Dragees :: Dragees (n. pl.) Sugar-coated medicines.
Sag :: Sag (v. i.) To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
Quadragenarious :: Quadragenarious (a.) Consisting of forty; forty years old.
Trail :: Trail (v. t.) To draw or drag, as along the ground..
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