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.
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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