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LUG , a verb meaning to pull a heavy See also:

OBJECT

object, to See also:

DRAG (from the Old Eng. dragan, to draw; the word preserves the g which phonetically developed into w)

drag, now mainly used colloquially. It is probably Scandinavian in origin; the See also:

SWEDISH

Swedish lugg, forelock, See also:

lock of See also:

HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair, gives lugga, to pull, tug; and " lug " in some See also:

north-eastern See also:

ENGLISH

English dialects is still chiefly used in the sense of pulling a See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person's hair. " Luggage," passengers' baggage, means by origin that which has to be " lugged " about. The Scandinavian word may be also the source of " lug," in the sense of " See also:

EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear," in See also:

Scotland the See also:

REGULAR

regular dialectical word, and in English commonly applied to the ear-shaped handles of See also:

metal or earthenware pots, pitchers, &c. If so the word means something that can be pulled or tugged. This is also possibly the origin of the " lug " or " lug-See also:

SAIL

sail," a four-sided sail attached to a yard which is hung obliquely to the See also:

mast, whence probably the name " lugger " of a sailing-See also:

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel with two or three masts and fore and aft lug-sails. The word may, however, be connected with the Dutch logger, a fishing-See also:

BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat using drag-nets. " Lug " is also the name of a marine See also:

WORM

worm, Arenicola marina, used as bait.

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