DRAG (from the Old Eng. dragan, to draw; the word preserves the g which phonetically developed into w)

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DRAG (from the Old Eng. dragan, to draw; the word preserves the g which phonetically developed into w) , that which is

drawn

DRAWN

or pulled along a surface, or is used for drawing or pulling. The term is thus applied to a harrow for breaking up clods of earth, or for an apparatus, such as a grapnel, net or dredge, used for searching water for drowned bodies or other objects. As a name of a vehicle, "drag" is sometimes used as equivalent to " break," a heavy carriage without a

body

BODY

used for training horses, and also a large kind of wagonette, but is more usually applied to a privately owned four-horse coach for four-in-hand driving. The word is also given to the " shoe " of

wood

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WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
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- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
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- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
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or iron, placed under the wheel to act as a brake, and also to the "

drift

DRIFT (from "drive ")

" or " sea-anchor," usually made of spars and sails, employed for checking the lee-way of a ship when drifting. In fox-hunting, the " drag " is the line of scent left by the fox, but more particularly the term is given to a substitute for the hunting of a fox by hounds, an artificial line of scent being laid by the dragging of a bag of aniseed or other strong smelling substance which a

pack

will follow.

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