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▪ I. dragging, vbl. n.|ˈdrægɪŋ|
[f. drag v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of drag v. in various senses.
c1440Promp. Parv. 130/1 Draggynge, or drawynge, tractus. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 158 b, In the psalmody & hymnes..Begin al at ones, & ende all at ones..beware of tayles or draggynge. 1639Fuller Holy War iii. xx. (1647) 143 Mens consciences are more moved with leading then dragging or drawing. 1768G. Washington Writ. (1889) II. 241 Went a dragging for sturgeon. 1812[see drag v. 10]. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xiii. 31 The ship..rode out the gale in safety, without dragging at all. 1876Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss., 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. 1876Encycl. 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. 1882Sydney Slang Dict. 32 Dragging down, or pulling down, stealing articles from shop-doors. 1936J. Curtis Gilt Kid ii. 18 I'm a screwsman and not on the dragging lark. 1938F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad 330 Dragging, stealing from vans. 1961M. 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. concr. The produce of dragging.
1893Daily News 21 June 6/1 Scarce..equal to the draggings of a decent hay field.
▪ II. ˈdragging, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That drags: in various senses of the vb.
1775S. J. Pratt Lib. Opinions (1783) I. 158 The road..was heavy and dragging. 1787F. Burney Diary 15 Aug., [Mrs. Siddons] In face and person, truly noble..in voice, deep and dragging. 1883Manch. Exam. 14 Dec. 4/6 A dull and dragging market.
Hence ˈdraggingly adv.
1886R. Broughton Dr. Cupid III. i. 18 Her words..come draggingly, with a little break between each. |