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Webster 1913 Edition
Lag
Lag
,Adj.
[Of Celtic origin: cf. Gael. & Ir.
lag
weak, feeble, faint, W. llag
, llac
, slack, loose, remiss, sluggish; prob. akin to E. lax
, languid
.] 1.
Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.
[Obs.]
Came too
lag
to see him buried. Shakespeare
2.
Last; long-delayed; – obsolete, except in the phrase lag end.
“The lag end of my life.” Shak.
3.
Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
[Obs.]
“Lag souls.” Dryden.
Lag
,Noun.
1.
One who lags; that which comes in last.
[Obs.]
“The lag of all the flock.” Pope.
2.
The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
The common
lag
of people. Shakespeare
3.
The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing.
4.
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.
5.
(Zool.)
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.
Syn. – To loiter; linger; saunter; delay; be tardy.
Lag
,Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to lag; to slacken.
[Obs.]
“To lag his flight.” Heywood.
Lag
,Noun.
One transported for a crime.
[Slang, Eng.]
Lag
,Verb.
T.
To transport for crime.
[Slang, Eng.]
She
lags
us if we poach. De Quincey.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lag
LAG
,Adj.
1.
Coming after or behind; slow; sluggish; tardy.2.
Last; long delayed; as the lag end. [This adjective is not now in use.]
LAG
,Noun.
1.
The lowest class; the rump; the fag end.2.
He that comes behind. [Not in use.]LAG
,Verb.
I.
To walk or move slowly; to loiter; to stay behind.
I shall not lag behind.