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Haulage

Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Pulling 76% connected

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Tow 76% connected

The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

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Towage 76% connected

The act of towing.

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Drag 74% connected

A confection; a comfit; a drug.

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Drag 74% connected

A confection; a comfit; a drug.

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Haul 74% connected

To pull or draw with force; to drag.

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Haul 74% connected

To pull or draw with force; to drag.

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Draw 92% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Haul 92% connected

To pull or draw with force; to drag.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Boat noun · 78% connection

A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

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Brakeman noun · 78% connection

The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

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Bushwhacking noun · 78% connection

Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream.

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Charge verb · 78% connection

To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to c…

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Coupler noun · 78% connection

One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars.

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Coupling noun · 78% connection

A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a…

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Crab adjective · 78% connection

A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.

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Doctor noun · 78% connection

Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing m…

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Downhaul noun · 78% connection

A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul.

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Drawbar noun · 78% connection

An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with…

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Drawgear noun · 78% connection

The means or parts by which cars are connected to be drawn.

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Duty noun · 78% connection

The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the n…

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Earing noun · 78% connection

A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing.

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Engineer noun · 78% connection

One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver.

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Equipment noun · 78% connection

Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outf…

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Gearing noun · 78% connection

The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the…

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Graphic engine noun · 78% connection

A graphic engine is a type of software used by application programs to draw graphics on computer display screens.; "The graphic engine…

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Hayrack noun · 78% connection

A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging.

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