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Dredge

Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging as a A dragnet for taking up oysters etc from their beds b A dredging machine c An

Draggle

To wet and soil by dragging on the ground mud or wet grass to drabble to trail

Overhaul

To haul or drag over hence to turn over for examination to inspect to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or

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Substances

something; the essential quality of something, as opposed to its mere form 2. Any matter, esp. an addictive drag, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1442.

Keelhaul

Keelhaul, means (1) To drag (a person) through the water under the bottom of a ship as punishment or torture. (2) To rebuke

Keelhale, Keelhaul, or Keelrake

Keelhale, Keelhaul, or Keelrake, to drag a person under the keel of a ship by means of ropes from the yardarms-a punishment formerly practised

Slipes

Sledge runners on which a skip is dragged in a mine

Skid road

A road along which logs are dragged to the skidway or landing called also travois road or travoy road

Skid

and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill a drag a skidpan also by extension a hook attached to a chain and used for the same purpose

Prolonge

A rope with a hook and a toggle sometimes used to drag a gun carriage or to lash it to the limber and for various other purposes

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