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Drag
·vi To fish with a dragnet. II. Drag ·noun A confection; a comfit; a drug. III. Drag ·vt A heavy h...

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drag
To go on the drag; to follow a cart or waggon, in order to rob it. CANT. ...

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drag
A machine consisting of a sharp square frame of iron encircled with a net, and commonly used to rake...

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Net
·adj Without spot; pure; shining. II. Net ·vt To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree. I...

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Net
In use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed...

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net
In commerce, is the weight of a commodity alone, without the package. ...

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Net
[See FISHING] ...

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Drag line
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Drag rope. ...

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Drag rope
·add. ·- A guide rope. ...

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drag lay
Waiting in the streets to rob carts or waggons. ...

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drag-ropes
Those used in the artillery by the men in pulling the gun backwards and forwards in practice and in ...

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drag-sail
Any sail with its clues stopped so as when veered away over the quarter to make a stop-water when ve...

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drag-saw
A cross-cut saw. ...

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Bag net
·- A bag-shaped net for catching fish. ...

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Bow net
·- A net for catching birds. II. Bow net ·- A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a...

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Bramble net
·- A net to catch birds. ...

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Day-net
·noun A net for catching small birds. ...

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Net-veined
·adj Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net-veined wing or leaf. ...

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Tuck-net
·noun ·see <<Tuck>>, ·noun, 2. ...

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kangaroo-net
n. net made by the natives tocatch the kangaroo. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 45...

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mosquito net
A net or curtain, which, in the Southern States and in the West Indies, is placed over the bed to pr...

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cleaching net
A hand-net with a hoop and bar, used by fishermen on the banks of the Severn. ...

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dipping-net
A small net used for taking shad and other fish out of the water. ...

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draw-net
Erroneously used for drag-net. ...

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drift-net
A large net, with meshes of one inch, used in the pilchard fishery in August; also, for herrings and...

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gaff-net
A peculiar net for fishing. ...

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halve-net
A standing net used in the north to prevent fishes from returning with the falling tide. ...

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harry-net
A net with such small meshes, and so formed, as to take even the young and small fish. ...

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kettle-net
A net used in taking mackerel. ...

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mosquito net
A light curtain spread over a cot or bed in warm climates, to protect the sleeper from mosquitoes. ...

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purse-net
A peculiar landing-net in fishing. It is used in the seine and trawl to bewilder the fish, and preve...

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raise-net
A kind of staked net on our northern shores, so called from rising and falling with the tide. ...

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shackle-net
The northern term for flue-net. ...

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sheen-net
A large drag-net. ...

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shot-net
A mackerel-net. ...

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spake-net
A peculiar net for catching crabs. ...

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Knight baro-net
·- ·see <<Baronet>>. ...

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ban-net tree
a walnut-tree. Glo. ...

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net and coble
The means by which sasses or flood-gates are allowed in fishings on navigable rivers. ...

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drag the anchor, to
The act of the anchors coming home. ...

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drag for the anchor, to
The same as creep or sweep. ...

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