Definition of lag

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Lag (n.) 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..

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Thyro- :: Thyro- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the thyroid body or the thyroid cartilage; as, thyrohyal..
Muster :: Muster (v. t.) Any assemblage or display; a gathering.
Lagged :: Lagged (imp. & p. p.) of La.
Waft :: Waft (n.) A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air..
Mucilage :: Mucilage (n.) An aqueous solution of gum, or of substances allied to it; as, medicinal mucilage; mucilage for fastening envelopes..
Flagrantly :: Flagrantly (adv.) In a flagrant manner.
Synallaxine :: Synallagmatic (a.) Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic contract..
Ellagic :: Ellagic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid..
Lagging :: Lagging (n.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading..
Deflagrator :: Deflagrator (n.) A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion..
Marsipobranchia :: Marsipobranchia (n. pl.) A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii..
Gristly :: Gristly (a.) Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous..
Staff :: Staff (n.) A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
Cartilaginification :: Cartilaginification (n.) The act or process of forming cartilage.
Flagellum :: Flagellum (v. t.) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennae and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped..
Thyroid :: Thyroid (a.) Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage, or thyroid artery; thyroideal..
Chief Hare :: Chief hare () A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare..
Vassalage :: Vassalage (n.) Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks..
Meteoroid :: Meteoroid (n.) A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor..
Viz-cacha :: Viz-cacha (n.) A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha..
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