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▪ I. tugging, vbl. n.|ˈtʌgɪŋ|
[f. tug v. + -ing1.]
The action of tug v. in various senses.
a1225Ancr. R. 204 Hwonne þe schil & te heorte..hunten þer efter, mid wouhinge, mid togginge, oðer mid eni tollunge. c1440Promp. Parv. 495/2 Toggynge, or strogelynge.., colluctacio. a1500Chester Pl. vii. 210 For thy teeth here is good tugging. 1551T. Wilson Logike (1580) 60 In all whiche matchyng and touggyng together, this would bee obserued, that [etc.]. 1660Milton Free Commw. Wks. 1851 V. 441 An endless tugging between Petition of Right and Royal Prerogative. 1742Fielding Jos. Andrews iii. vi, Being roused by these Tuggings, he constantly awaked. 1866Mrs. Gaskell Wives & Dau. i, After some tugging, she opened the casement.
▪ II. ˈtugging, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That tugs, in various senses.
c1440Promp. Parv. 495/2 Toggynge (A. or) drawynge, attractulus. 1611Cotgr., Roulier,..a lustie, tugging Iade. 1642Rogers Naaman 149 Oh! it is a tugging crying sinne. 1657Burton's Diary (1828) II. 270 The Bill for the Excise was read the third time, and after..a great and tugging debate thereupon, the Bill passed. 1865Cornh. Mag. May 584, I should like a little more quiet talk with you, without this tugging brute for a third.
Hence ˈtuggingly adv., with tugging.
1731Bailey, Tuggingly, difficulty. |
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