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tug

TUG, v.t. [L. duco. See Tow, to draw.]

1. To pull or draw with great effort; to drag along with continued exertion; to haul along.

There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar.

2. To pull; to pluck.

--To ease the pain

His tugg'd ears suffer'd with a strain.

TUG, v.i. To pull with great effort; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.

1. To labor; to strive; to struggle.

They long wrestled and strenuously tugged for their liberty. [This is not elegant.]

TUG, n. A pull with the utmost effort.

At the tug he falls--

Vast ruins come along--

1. A sort of carriage, used in some parts of England for conveying bavins or faggots and other things.

2. In some parts of New England, the traces of a harness are called tugs.


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TUG, v.t. [L. duco. See Tow, to draw.]

1. To pull or draw with great effort; to drag along with continued exertion; to haul along.

There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar.

2. To pull; to pluck.

--To ease the pain

His tugg'd ears suffer'd with a strain.

TUG, v.i. To pull with great effort; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.

1. To labor; to strive; to struggle.

They long wrestled and strenuously tugged for their liberty. [This is not elegant.]

TUG, n. A pull with the utmost effort.

At the tug he falls--

Vast ruins come along--

1. A sort of carriage, used in some parts of England for conveying bavins or faggots and other things.

2. In some parts of New England, the traces of a harness are called tugs.

TUG, n. [G. zug.]

  1. A pull with the utmost effort. At the tug he falls – / Vast ruins come along. Dryden.
  2. A sort of carriage, used in some parts of England for conveying bavins or faggots and other things. Cyc.
  3. In some parts of New England, the traces of a harness are called tugs.

TUG, v.i.

  1. To pull with great effort; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.
  2. To labor; to strive; to struggle. They long wrestled and strenuously tugged for their liberty. [This is not elegant.] Howe.

TUG, v.t. [Sax. teogan, teon; G. ziehen, to draw; zug, a tug; Fr. touer; L. duco. See Tow, to drag.]

  1. To pull or draw with great effort; to drag along with continued exertion; to haul along. There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar. Roscommon.
  2. To pull; to pluck. To ease the pain, / His tugg'd ears suffer'd with a strain. Hudibras.

Tug
  1. To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.

    There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar. Roscommon.

  2. To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.

    He tugged, he shook, till down they came. Milton.

  3. A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.

    At the tug he falls,
    Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls.     Dryden.

  4. To pull; to pluck.

    [Obs.]

    To ease the pain,
    His tugged cars suffered with a strain.     Hudibras.

  5. To labor; to strive; to struggle.

    England now is left
    To tug and scamble and to part by the teeth
    The unowed interest of proud-swelling state.     Shak.

  6. A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles.

    [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  7. A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.
  8. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
  9. An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.

    Tug iron, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon.

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Tug

TUG, verb transitive [Latin duco. See Tow, to draw.]

1. To pull or draw with great effort; to drag along with continued exertion; to haul along.

There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar.

2. To pull; to pluck.

--To ease the pain

His tugg'd ears suffer'd with a strain.

TUG, verb intransitive To pull with great effort; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.

1. To labor; to strive; to struggle.

They long wrestled and strenuously tugged for their liberty. [This is not elegant.]

TUG, noun A pull with the utmost effort.

At the tug he falls--

Vast ruins come along--

1. A sort of carriage, used in some parts of England for conveying bavins or faggots and other things.

2. In some parts of New England, the traces of a harness are called tugs.

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