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  • 11lag — I UK [læɡ] / US verb Word forms lag : present tense I/you/we/they lag he/she/it lags present participle lagging past tense lagged past participle lagged 1) [intransitive] to not be as successful or advanced as another person, organization, or… …

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  • 12lag — lag1 [læg] v past tense and past participle lagged present participle lagging [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) [I and T] to move or develop more slowly than others lag behind ▪ She stopped to wait for Ian who… …

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  • 13lag — 1) n a. a convict or former convict or recidivist. In non criminal circles the word is usually heard only in the phrase old lag. b. a term of imprisonment. At different times in different areas the term has denoted specific periods. Lagging is… …

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  • 14lag — I. /læg / (say lag) verb (i) (lagged, lagging) 1. to decrease, wane, or flag: his interest in the project is lagging. 2. Marbles a. → phernudge. b. US to throw one s shooting marble towards a line on the ground in order to decide on the order of… …

  • 15lag — 1. v. & n. v.intr. (lagged, lagging) 1 (often foll. by behind) fall behind; not keep pace. 2 US Billiards make the preliminary strokes that decide which player shall begin. n. 1 a delay. 2 Physics a retardation in a current or movement. b the… …

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  • 16Old Norse — dǫnsk tunga, dansk tunga ( Danish tongue ), norrœnt mál ( Norse language ) Spoken in Nordic countries, Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales, Isle of Man, Normandy, Vinland, the Volga and places in between …

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  • 17LAG BA-OMER — (Heb. לַ״ג בָּעֹמֶר), the 33rd (Heb. לַ״ג) day of the counting of the omer , which is reckoned from the second day of passover until shavuot . It occurs on the 18th day of iyyar and has been celebrated as a semiholiday since the time of the… …

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  • 18LAG Nos. 87 and 88 — LAG Nr. 87 und 88 DRG Class 98.18 Quantity 2 Numbers DRG: 98 1801 98 1802 Manufacturer Krauss Maffei Entered service 1937 Retired 1960 Wheel arrangement (Whyte) …

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  • 19lag|an — «LAG uhn», noun. goods or wreckage sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy in order that they may be recovered. Also, ligan. ╂[< Old French lagan, perhaps < Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic lagnir, plural of lögn net laid in the sea)] …

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  • 20Old Man of Coniston — Old Man of Coniston …

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