DRAG, DRAGGED, DRAGGING
NOUNS
► HARL a dragging, a hauling → 1808 Sc.
► TAWT abuse by dragging or dashing about → B1900 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► SCHLEPALONG a person who is dragged along → 1920s sl.
VERBS
► ALLY to drag along; to haul; to draw forcibly; to pull → 1783 Eng. dial.
► BEHALE to drag about → 1574 obs.
► CART to drag; to carry → M19 sl.
► HAG to drag out; to pull, to draw → 1870 Eng. dial.
► HAIK ► HAKE to drag from one place to another with consequent fatigue to oneself or one’s companion → c1776 Sc.
► HAIL ► HAYL to drag along; to haul; to draw forcibly; to pull → 1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HAKE ABOUT to drag or carry from one place to another with little purpose → 19C Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HAKE UP AND DOWN to drag or carry from one place to another with little purpose → 19C Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HALE to drag, to haul; to draw or pull along, esp. with force or violence → c1205
► HARL to drag: usually with the notion of friction or scraping of the ground; to pull, to tug; to trail along the ground; to haul → c1290 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– to drag or trail oneself; to go with dragging feet → 1500-20 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► HARRY ► HERRY to drag or carry off → a1300 Eng. dial. obs.
► KEACH to drag forcibly → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► LAAG ► LAG to drag after one; to pull → 1530 obs. exc. Sc.
► LALLOP to drag or flap on the ground, to trail; said of a dress, etc. → 1889 Eng. dial.
► LUGGER to drag or carry about → 1654 obs.
► LURRY to drag along a heavy body, a person, a child, etc.; to lug → 1664 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MAUL DRAG to beat and drag about a person → 1917 Amer. dial.
► RAKE to drag, to trail → 1914 Sc.
► SCHLAP ► SCHLEP ► SCHLEPP ► SHLAP ► SHLEP ►SHLEP to drag physically; to drag off something for one’s own benefit → 1920s sl.
► SCRIEVE ► SCRIVE to drag aside → 1865 Sc. & Ireland
► SKID to drag a person along → 1881
► SKIN to drag something, esp. a log, or logging equipment → 1931 Amer. dial.
► SNAIL to drag or haul with a rope → 1878 Amer. dial.
► SNAKE to drag or pull forcibly or quickly → 1856
► SNIG to drag something heavy by means of ropes or chains → 1897 Aust. sl.
► TAG to drag behind, to trail; to follow closely → 1676
► TAWT to drag or dash to the ground; to drag hither and thither → B1900 Sc.
► TO-DRAW to drag asunder; to tear to pieces; to destroy by tearing apart → c1205 obs.
► TO-HALE to drag asunder; to pull about → 1387 obs.
► TOIL to drag, to pull, to tug about → c1325 obs.
► TOLL to drag, to pull, to draw physically → a1400-50 obs.
► TUSH to pull or drag a heavy object along the ground → 1841
► YANK to drag, to pull; to tug something with sudden energy; to remove something → 1848 sl., orig. US
► YAWK to drag, to pull, to yank; to jerk → 1840 Amer. dial.
► YUCK to drag, to pull, to yank; to jerk → 1899 Amer. dial.