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.
A men's party attended in women's clothing.
A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
A device for guiding wood to the saw.
A prison sentence of three months.
A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
A puff on a cigarette or joint.
The last position in a line of hikers.
A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
Street, as in 'main drag'.
A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
Witch house music.
A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
A mailcoach.
Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
A pulled load.
Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
To hit or kick off target.
To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
To fish with a dragnet.
The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room.
A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly.
a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.
A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced.
The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
An overwhelming blow.
To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.
reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer
powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down
Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal.
To employ the knockdown technique