Definition of lag

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Lag (n.) The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing..

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Smut :: Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis..
Enormity :: Enormity (n.) That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity..
Copyist :: Copyist (n.) A copier; a transcriber; an imitator; a plagiarist.
Epiglottis :: Epiglottis (n.) A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx.
Laggard :: Laggard (n.) One who lags; a loiterer.
Lager Beer :: Lager beer () Originally a German beer, but now also made in immense quantities in the United States; -- so called from its being laid up or stored for some months before use..
Rinderpest :: Rinderpest (n.) A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain..
Sack :: Sack (v. t.) To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage..
Farmer :: Farmer (n.) One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.
Copier :: Copier (n.) An imitator; one who imitates an example; hence, a plagiarist..
Lag :: Lag (n.) See Graylag.
Plaga :: Plaga (n.) A stripe of color.
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc..
Tease :: Tease (n.) One who teases or plagues.
Greylag :: Greylag (n.) See Graylag.
Mucilage :: Mucilage (n.) A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, of flax, etc..
Calamus :: Calamus (n.) A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors..
Swart :: Swarmspore (n.) One of the minute flagellate germs produced by the sporulation of a protozoan; -- called also zoospore.
Cydonin :: Cydonin (n.) A peculiar mucilaginous substance extracted from the seeds of the quince (Cydonia vulgaris), and regarded as a variety of amylose..
-gos :: -gos (pl. ) of Archipelag.
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