draghunt

A name given to a hunt when the trail has been prepared beforehand along a certain course, by means of dragging a fox skin, herring, or other strongly-scented substance over the line. or drag-link, s . A link for connecting the cranks of two shafts; it is used in marine engines for connecting the crank on the main-shaft to that on the inner paddle-shaft. drag-saw, 8. A cro -cut sawing-machine in which the effective stroke is on the pull motion, not the thrust. The log is clamped by levers. The saw is held aloft by a stirrup while the log is fed forward for another cut. drag-sheet, s. Naut.: A sail stretched by spars and thrown over to windward to drag in the water and le en the leeway of a drifting ve el. [DRAG-ANCHOR.] IMG:content-0467.png:[blocks in formation] drag-staff, s. Vehicles: A pole pivoted to the hind axle and trailing behind a wagon or cart in ascending a hill or slope. Used to hold the vehicle from rolling backward when temporarily stopping on a hill to rest the team. "The coach wanting a drag-staff, it ran back in spite of all the coachman's skill."-De Foe: Tour through Great Britain , ii. 297. dra-găn-tin, s. [DRACANTH.] A mucilage obtained from or consisting of gum-tragacanth. *drăgge (1). *drage, s . [O. Fr. dragie , dragee, from Low Lat. dragetum .] Dredge, a mixture of oats and barley sown together. [DREDGE, 8.] "Dragge, Dragetum. Menglyd corne drage or mestlyon. Miztio."-Prompt Parv. *drăgge (2), s. [DRUG.] drăgged, pa. par. or a. [DRAG, v.] IMG:content-0468.png:[blocks in formation] Craggle-tail, s. A slut, a sloven; a slovenly, dirty woman.