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Pull :: Pull (v. i.) To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope..

Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.

Tug :: Tug (n.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat..

Cortes :: Cortes (n. pl.) The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain..

Carack :: Carack (n.) A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon.

Calcavella :: Calcavella (n.) A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos.

Auto-da-fe :: Auto-da-fe (n.) A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses.

Crusade :: Crusade (n.) A Portuguese coin. See Crusado.

Taw :: Taw (v. t.) To push; to tug; to tow.

Tug :: Tug (n.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed..

Physalia :: Physalia (n.) A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war.

Portingal :: Portingal (n.) A Portuguese.

Tugboat :: Tugboat (n.) See Tug, n., 3..

Inquisition :: Inquisition (n.) A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy..

Tug :: Tug (v. t.) 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..

Crusado :: Crusado (n.) An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents..

Fidalgo :: Fidalgo (n.) The lowest title of nobility in Portugal, corresponding to that of Hidalgo in Spain..

Almude :: Almude (n.) A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the almud is about 1.4 gallons..

Tug :: Tug (n.) A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness..

Portuguese :: Portuguese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal.

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