draft-kite

‘dra:ft,kait. the lower of the two kites used in Wenham’s kite-carriage, designed to furnish the dvraftzng, © drawing, or tyactiv power, and distinguisht from the upper or draft kite; a carrying-kite. compare pilot-kite. drag drzg inir. be drawn, pold, or hauld along as the dragrope of a balloon en the ground, or an airship en the ground or en the surface of water; also, move with undue friction, as a flying-machine in its pa age thru the air. drag drag n. the action or fact of dragging; the impediment placed in the way of free motion; specifically, the difference between the speed of a ship and that of its screw propeller when the speed of the ship is greater than that of the screw; the slip. viscous drag, the drag occasiond by a viscous fluid upon a solid body moving thru it; entrainment.. drag-line ‘dreg,tain n. a line of definit length one end of which is attacht to a kite while the other end drags on the ground, its purpose being to keep the kite 1m the air, or to regulate its motion or position, by means of the friction of the line on the ground. dragon-fly ‘dreg an,far n. any neurepterous Insect of the group Libellulina, characterized by a long slender body, large eyes, and two pairs of large reticulated wings, and by their strong, swift flight: as, a mechanical *dragoncfly. dragon-kite ‘dreg on,kart ». a Chinese kite consisting of a series of light elliptic bamboo disks and India-paper, decorated and garnisht and undulatrzng in the air so as to resemble a dragon or crawling serpent. ‘s gerope ‘dreg,zoop n. a rope of definit length attacht to e car of a balloon or dirigible and allowd to hang down. ° that when the ship approaches too near to the earth, the ‘rope drags along en the surface of the land or water and thus, by lightening the load; causes the ship to rise, or at least prevents it from descending any further; a guide rope; a balancer. drift drift n. 4. the fact or state of being driven; slow course or current: as, the *dr1ft of the air or of the clouds. planetary drift, the drift of the air in the planetary circulation of the earth’s atmosfere; the drift of the planetary winds. 2. lateral deviation, as of a projectil from its path; tendency to move sidewise. 3. the force with which a fluid, as the air, pre es herzzentally upon an aeroferl, either backward or forward, as the case may be; the herrzental component of the airzpre ure on a kite, aeroplane, or airship; the backward posh or thrust (er, sometimes, the forward pull) of the atmosfere or wind upon an aeroplane or aerocurv: distinguisht from lift. compare head-resistance.