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Webster 1913 Edition

Tug

Tug

,
Verb.
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.
téon
, p. p.
togen
, to draw, G.
ziehen
, OHG.
ziohan
, Goth.
tiuhan
, L.
ducere
to lead, draw. Cf.
Duke
,
Team
,
Tie
,
Verb.
T.
,
Touch
,
Tow
,
Verb.
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.
There sweat, there strain,
tug
the laborious oar.
Roscommon.
2.
To pull; to pluck.
[Obs.]
To ease the pain,
His
tugged
cars suffered with a strain.
Hudibras.

Tug

,
Verb.
I.
1.
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.
2.
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.
Shakespeare

Tug

,
Noun.
1.
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.
2.
A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
3.
(Naut.)
A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; – called also
steam tug
,
tugboat
, and
towboat
.
4.
A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
5.
(Mining.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tug

TUG

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
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

,
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.

Definition 2024

Tuğ

Tuğ

See also: tug

Turkish

Proper noun

Tuğ

  1. A male given name

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