lag

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1. 1.Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag end. "The lag end of my life." Shak.
2. 2.Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior. [Obs.] "Lag souls." Dryden.
3. 3.One who lags; that which comes in last. [Obs.] "The lag of all the flock." Pope.
4. 4.The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class. The common lag of people. Shak.
5. 5.The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing.
6. 6.A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine.
7. 7.(Zoöl.) See Graylag. Lag of the tide, the interval by which the time of high water falls behind the mean time, in the first and third quarters of the moon; -- opposed to priming of the tide, or the acceleration of the time of high water, in the second and fourth quarters; depending on the relative positions of the sun and moon. -- Lag screw, an iron bolt with a square head, a sharp-edged thread, and a sharp point, adapted for screwing into wood; a screw for fastening lags.
8. 8.To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter. "I shall not lag behind." Milton.
9. 9.To cause to lag; to slacken. [Obs.] "To lag his flight." Heywood.
10. 10.(Mach.) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4.
11. 11.One transported for a crime. [Slang, Eng.]
12. 12.To transport for crime. [Slang, Eng.] She lags us if we poach. De Quincey.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag end. "The lag end of my life." Shak called?
• What is last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior. [Obs.] "Lag souls." Dryden called?
• What is one who lags; that which comes in last. [Obs.] "The lag of all the flock." Pope called?
• What is the fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class. The common lag of people. Shak called?
• What is the amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing called?
• What is a stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine called?
• What is to walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter. "I shall not lag behind." Milton called?
• What is to cause to lag; to slacken. [Obs.] "To lag his flight." Heywood called?
• What is to cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4 called?
• What is one transported for a crime. [Slang, Eng.] called?
• What is to transport for crime. [Slang, Eng.] She lags us if we poach. De Quincey called?