(snooker) A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
One who lags; that which comes in last.
The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
“As we discuss in more detail later, humans also experience lags, as there is a noticeable lag between the presentation of a stimulus and the response to it.”
“Even after primitive use of crude lagging gave way to a more general use of preformed asbestos block insulation, such blocks were cut dry which could actually enhance dust production.”
“Granted, hard-core globalization critics were skeptical from the start because the Compact lacked a rigorous system for monitoring corporate behavior and punishing laggards.”
“And, it continued, Congress had lent states authority to cooperate in immigration enforcement so as to avoid such laggardness.”
“Al-Azhar's laggardness in renewing its religious discourse and embracing the new media can't be attributed to the lack of funds nor other logistical rationales.”
