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

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developed into w)  , that which is 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 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 or iron, placed under the wheel to act as a brake, and also to the " drift " 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 .