Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DRAG, n.

1. Something to be drawn along the ground, as a net or a hook.
2. A particular kind of harrow.
3. A car; a low cart.
4. In sea-language, a machine consisting of a sharp square frame of iron, encircled with a net, used to take the wheel off from the platform or bottom of the decks. – Mar. Dict. Encyc.
5. Whatever is drawn; a boat in tow; whatever serves to retard a ship's way. – Encyc.