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tugging
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Tugging
(gcide) | Tug \Tug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tugged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tugging.] [OE. toggen; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G.
zucken to jerk, draw, Icel. toga to draw, AS. t['e]on, p. p.
togen, to draw, G. ziehen, OHG. ziohan, Goth. tiuhan, L.
ducere to lead, draw. Cf. Duke, Team, Tie, v. t.,
Touch, Tow, v. t., Tuck to press in, Toy a
plaything.]
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.
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There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar.
--Roscommon.
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2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs.]
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To ease the pain,
His tugged cars suffered with a strain. --Hudibras.
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tugging
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Tuggingly
(gcide) | Tuggingly \Tug"ging*ly\, adv.
In a tugging manner; with laborious pulling.
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