tug

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• Tug

  ·noun A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. II. Tug ·noun An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to whi...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• timber-tug

  Kent. The carriage of a waggon for conveying timber, with a long perch, which may be adapted to any ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• steam-tug

  A vessel fitted with a marine steam-engine, and expressly employed for towing ships. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• tug, to

  [from the Anglo-Saxon teogan, to pull]. It now signifies to hang on the oars, and get but little or ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book