To go on the drag; to follow a cart or waggon, in order to rob it. CANT.
·vi To fish with a dragnet. II. Drag ·noun A confection; a comfit; a drug. III. Drag ·vt A heavy h...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A machine consisting of a sharp square frame of iron encircled with a net, and commonly used to rake...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Drag rope. ...
·add. ·- A guide rope. ...
Waiting in the streets to rob carts or waggons. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A trawl or net to draw on the bottom for flat-fish. ...
Those used in the artillery by the men in pulling the gun backwards and forwards in practice and in ...
Any sail with its clues stopped so as when veered away over the quarter to make a stop-water when ve...
A cross-cut saw. ...
The act of the anchors coming home. ...
The same as creep or sweep. ...