Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tug"
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tug \Tug\, v. 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. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tug \Tug\, n.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tug
n 1: a sudden abrupt pull [syn: {jerk}]
2: a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
[syn: {tugboat}, {towboat}, {tower}]
v 1: pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie
tugs at the heart strings"
2: exert oneself, make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged
for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a
little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her
doctoral thesis" [syn: {labor}, {labour}, {push}, {drive}]
3: tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter
into the harbor"
4: carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase"
[syn: {lug}, {tote}]
5: move by pulling hard: "The horse finally tugged the cart out
of the mud"
6: pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men"
7: struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her
conflicts"
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