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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lag \Lag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Lagging.] To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter. "I shall not lag behind." --Milton. Syn: To loiter; linger; saunter; delay; be tardy. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lagging \Lag"ging\, n. 1. (Mach.) 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lagging n 1: used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

70 Moby Thesaurus words for "lagging": Micawberish, afterthought, backward, bind, block, blockage, bureaucratic delay, dalliance, dallying, dawdling, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, delaying, detention, dilatoriness, dilatory, dillydallying, double take, dragging, easygoing, foot-dragging, halt, hang-up, hindrance, holdup, interim, jam, lackadaisical, lag, laggard, lax, lazy, lingering, logjam, loitering, lollygagging, moratorium, obstruction, paperasserie, pause, procrastinating, procrastination, procrastinative, procrastinatory, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, remiss, reprieve, respite, retardance, retardation, shilly-shallying, shuffling, slack, slow, slow-up, slowdown, slowness, sluggish, stay, stay of execution, stop, stoppage, suspension, tarrying, tie-up, time lag, wait