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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To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.
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A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…
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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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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
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of Pull
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To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
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The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
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To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.
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To retch.
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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
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To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…
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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…
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To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.
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To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.
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The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
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The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
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A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.
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A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.
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A jerk or twitch.
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A jerk or twitch.
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See Haulm, straw.
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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…
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To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.
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Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…
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productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
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The ear, or its lobe.
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A pustule; a pimple.
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To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; -- a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes.
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A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.
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A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.
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See Tug, n., 3.
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