Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TUG, v.t. [Sax. teogan, teon; G. ziehen, to draw; zug, a tug; Fr. touer; L. duco. See Tow, to drag.]

1. To pull or draw with great effort; to drag along with continued exertion; to haul along. There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar. Roscommon.
2. To pull; to pluck. To ease the pain, / His tugg'd ears suffer'd with a strain. Hudibras.