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Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying. -- Flag"ging*ly, adv.

from Flog, v. t. Flogging chisel (Mach.), a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings. -- Flogging hammer, a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel.

a piece of hammered iron or steel. There are very few yards in the world at which such forgings could be turned out. London Times.

See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n.

In a grudging manner.

The state or quality of grudging, or of being full of grudge or unwillingness.

Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. "What a hanging face!" Dryden.

A hedge bill. See under Hedge.

Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging. Hogging frame. See Hogframe.

rating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water. Jigging machine. (a) (Mining) A machine for separating ore by the process of jigging. (b) (Metal Working) A machine with a rotary milling cutter and a templet by which the action of the cutter is guided or limited; -- used for formin…

The act of giving a jog or jogs; traveling at a jog.

A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away. [Written also cranging hook.]

The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading.

In a lagging manner; loiteringly.

, from Leg, v. t.

A cover for the leg, like a long gaiter.

a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning. Gower. Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow. Pope.

The business of felling trees, cutting them into logs, and transporting the logs to sawmills or to market.

g; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration. Put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me. Shak.

With longing. Dryden.