Lag

lag, a. Slow; tardy; last; long-delayed. — n. One who lags; that which comes in last; thefag-end; rump; lowest cla amount of retardation of anything, as a valve in a steam-engine.— v. [lagged (lagd), -ging.] To walk or move slowly, stay behind, loiter, linger, delay. — v. To cover (a steam-boiler, etc.), to prevent radiation of heat. [Ga. and weak, faint, W. Hag, slack, sluggish, L. lax us, lax, loose Gr. lagaros, slack, E. lax, languid, etc.] — Lag' gard, a. Slow; sluggish; backward. — n. One who, etc. — Lag'ger, n. — Lag'ging, n. The nonconducting covering of a steam-boiler timber of a shaft in mines; planking over centering of arches and tunnels. Lager-beer, la/gSr-ber, n. A German beer, — so called fr. being stored for some months before use. [G. lager, bed,_storehouse, and bier, beer. See Lair.J