draggingn.
/ˈdraɡɪŋ/ a. The action of drag v. in various senses.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling
drawingc1300
draughta1398
pullinga1425
draggingc1440
halingc1440
lugging?a1500
attraction1578
toilingc1600
trainage1611
hale1615
traction1615
hauling1626
trail1674
tracting1780
haulage1826
pull1833
drawal1936
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > fishing with net > drag-netting
dredging1622
dragging1768
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > from or of vehicles
drag1781
dragging1819
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 130/1 Draggynge, or drawynge, tractus.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. HHHiiii In the psalmody & hymnes..Begyn all at ones, and ende all at ones..beware of tayles or draggyng.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xx. 143 Mens consciences are more moved with leading then dragging or drawing.
1768 G. Washington Writings (1889) II. 241 Went a dragging for sturgeon.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. Dragsman, a thief who follows the game of dragging.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiii. 31 The ship..rode out the gale in safety, without dragging at all.
1876 W. Papworth Gwilt's Encycl. Archit. (rev. ed.) Gloss. 1235 Dragging, the operation of completing the surface of soft stone by means of an instrument called a drag..a thin plate of steel with fine teeth on one edge, moved backwards and forwards by the workman.
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 403/2 The bristles..are sorted according to thickness by a process called ‘dragging’, which consists in passing them through a kind of comb, which retains those that are too stout to go between the teeth.
1882 Sydney Slang Dict. 32 Dragging down, or pulling down, stealing articles from shop-doors.
1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid ii. 18 I'm a screwsman and not on the dragging lark.
1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad 330 Dragging, stealing from vans.
1961 M. Levy Studio Dict. Art Terms Dragging, a method of applying pigment with little or no vehicle by dragging it lightly over the tacky surface of a painting, in order to produce a broken effect.
b. concrete. The produce of dragging.
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1893 Daily News 21 June 6/1 Scarce..equal to the draggings of a decent hay field.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
draggingadj.
That drags: in various senses of the verb.
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1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) I. 158 The road..was heavy and dragging.
1787 F. Burney Diary 15 Aug. (1842) III. 425 [Mrs. Siddons] In face and person, truly noble..in voice, deep and dragging.
1883 Manch. Examiner 14 Dec. 4/6 A dull and dragging market.
Derivatives
ˈdraggingly adv.
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1886 R. Broughton Dr. Cupid III. i. 18 Her words..come draggingly, with a little break between each.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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