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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Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc..
Bedraggled :: Bedraggled (imp. & p. p.) of Bedraggl.
Truchman :: Truchman (n.) An interpreter. See Dragoman.
Dracunculus :: Dracunculus (n.) A fish; the dragonet.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing..
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..
Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill..
Bricole :: Bricole (n.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used..
Mandragorite :: Mandragorite (n.) One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake.
Trawlwarp :: Trawlwarp (n.) A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet..
Train :: Train (v. t.) To draw along; to trail; to drag.
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (n.) A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing..
Rouge Dragon :: Rouge dragon (n.) One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms.
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.
Trice :: Trice (v. t.) To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.
Gowdie :: Gowdie (n.) See Dragont.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net..
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