Definition of tug

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

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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..
Portingal :: Portingal (n.) A Portuguese.
Infanta :: Infanta (n.) A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest..
Reis :: Reis (n.) The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents..
Arroba :: Arroba (n.) A Spanish weight used in Mexico and South America = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old Portuguese weight, used in Brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir..
Tuggingly :: Tuggingly (adv.) In a tugging manner; with laborious pulling.
Romanic :: Romanic (n.) Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc..
Crusado :: Crusado (n.) An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents..
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..
Trace :: Trace (n.) One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug..
Portingal :: Portingal (a.) Of or pertaining to Portugal; Portuguese.
Whippletree :: Whippletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree..
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..
Johannes :: "Johannes (n.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe..
Testone :: Testone (n.) A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven cents..
Portuguese :: Portuguese (a.) Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants..
Tug :: Tug (n.) A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort..
Rei :: Rei (n.) A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of a cent..
Duenna :: Duenna (n.) An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family..
Portague :: Portague (n.) A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one half pounds sterling..
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