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See also:DRAG (from the Old Eng. dragan, to draw; the word preserves the g which phonetically See also:developed into w)
, that which is See also:drawn or pulled along a See also:surface, or is used for See also:drawing or pulling
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The See also:term is thus applied to a See also:harrow for breaking up clods of See also:earth, or for an apparatus, such as a grapnel, See also:net or dredge, used for searching See also:water for drowned bodies or other See also:objects
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As a name of a vehicle, "See also:drag" is sometimes used as See also:equivalent to " break," a heavy See also:carriage without a See also:body used for training horses, and also a large See also:kind of wagonette, but is more usually applied to a privately owned four-See also:horse See also:coach for four-in-See also:hand See also:driving
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The word is also given to the " See also:shoe " of See also:wood or See also:iron, placed under the See also:wheel to See also:act as a See also:brake, and also to the " See also:drift " or " See also:sea-See also:anchor," usually made of spars and sails, employed for checking the See also: |
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