TUG

tug. Tug, v. to pull, pluck, draw, contend, labor

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Tug (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tugging.] [[OE. toggen; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G. zucken to jerk, draw, Icel. toga to draw, AS. téon, p. p. togen, to draw, G. ziehen, OHG. ziohan, Goth. tiuhan, L. ducere to lead, draw. Cf. Duke, Team, Tie, v. t., Touch, Tow, v. t., Tuck to press in, Toy a plaything.]] 1. 1. 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.
There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar. Roscommon. 2. 2. To pull; to pluck.
To ease the pain, His tugged cars suffered with a strain. Hudibras.