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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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.
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