Lag: alternatives and connections

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

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To keep back or from; to withhold.

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A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

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To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

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A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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A cloud.

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A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.

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A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve toge…

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To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

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A confection; a comfit; a drug.

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To hunt by the track; to track.

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The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.

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One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

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One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

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of Lag

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of Lag

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To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of…

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To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of…

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imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.

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Same as Casque.

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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.

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A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.

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To wall around; to surround with walls.

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To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

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To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.

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The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.

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A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future ju…

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A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.

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Alt. of Meanwhile

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The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time).

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To recommit; to send back.

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The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration.

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One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure;…

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