saggingn.
/ˈsaɡɪŋ/ The action of sag v. in various senses.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > sinking down > under weight or pressure
saggingc1440
swagging1624
society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > course > deviation or drift
sag1589
leeway1669
drift1671
driftway1721
leeward-way1727
sagging1769
driftage1862
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > sinking down > under weight or pressure > in the middle
sagging1797
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > downwards curvature > drooping in middle
sagging1797
the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > downwards > in the middle
sagging1869
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 440/2 Saggynge, or satlynge, bassacio, bassatura.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Sagging to leeward, the movement by which a ship makes a considerable lee-way, or is driven far to leeward of the course whereon she apparently sails..generally expressed of heavy-sailing vessels.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 420/1 Practical observations on the hogging and sagging of ships.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 252 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The stakes also prevent the sagging of pleached or obliquely laid saplings.
1898 F. Davis Romano-Brit. City of Silchester 14 The sagging of some of the tesselated pavements.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
saggingadj.
/ˈsaɡɪŋ/ That sags (in various senses of the verb).
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the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [adjective]
leathwakec1000
lithebyc1000
starka1275
stiffc1305
standing1340
bainc1440
waldinc1485
resolveda1500
supplea1500
lash1513
limber1582
sagging1599
laxed1623
unslakeda1625
laxated1652
springy1674
gangling1764
lithesome1768
swack1768
unslackened1770
lissoma1800
wandle1803
loose-limbed1823
loose1846
unslacked1848
saggy1853
loose-jointed1859
loose-hung1869
gangly1871
society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [adjective] > that causes deviation
sagging1859
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [adjective] > declining in price
sagging1887
lowering1895
the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > downwards in the middle
saddle-shaped1795
sagged1893
sagging1897
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > sinking down > sinking or apt to sink under weight or pressure
saggy1853
sagging1897
the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > hanging down in the middle
sagging1897
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 37 A sagging paire of cheeks like a sows paps that giues suck.
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 178 This goodly sagging Dugs, a Pap fashion.
1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 32 The Raz de marée, or rollers, that hurling sagging sea, so trying to small vessels upon the Mozambique coast..is here little feared.
1887 Sc. Leader 21 June 5 The tone on the Chicago market was dull and weak, with a ‘sagging’ tendency.
1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous 107 The long, sagging line may twitch a boat under in a flash.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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