A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
Delay; latency.
One who lags; that which comes in last.
A bird, the greylag.
The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
A prisoner, a criminal.
Late.
Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
To respond slowly.
To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
To cause to lag; to slacken.
To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer).