Pulling | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

pulling
The act of rowing with oars; as, "Pull the starboard oars," "Pull together." ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Wire-pulling
·noun The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especiall...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
gander-pulling
A brutal species of amusement practised in Nova Scotia. We quote Judge Halliburton's account of it f...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
pulling-time
the evening of a fair, when the country fellows pull the wenches about. Norf. and Suff. called PULLI...

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