tug

Definitions

1. 1.To pull; to pluck. [Obs.] To ease the pain, His tugged cars suffered with a strain. Hudibras.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
6. 6.(Naut.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.
7. 7.A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
8. 8.(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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is tug.

• What is to pull; to pluck. [Obs.] To ease the pain, His tugged cars suffered with a strain. Hudibras called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is a sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell called?
• What is a small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat called?
• What is a trace, or drawing strap, of a harness called?
• What is 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 called?