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T — Trundle-tail to Turn (Part 6 of 13)

Tug, v. a. Pull (with great effort), draw, haul, drag.

Tug, v. n.

    1. Pull hard, pull with great effort.
    2. Labor, struggle, strive.

Tug, n.

    1. Hard pull, great effort.
    2. Tow-boat.
    3. Trace, drawing-strap.

Tug of war. Battle, death-struggle, struggle for life or death.

Tuition, n. Instruction, teaching, education, training, schooling.

Tulip-tree, n. White-wood (Liliodendron tulipifera).

Tullian, a. Ciceronian.

Tumble, v. n.

    1. Roll, toss, heave, pitch about.
    2. Fall, be precipitated, fall over, roll down, fall suddenly, topple.
    3. Play mountebank tricks.

Tumble, v. a.

    1. Precipitate, throw headlong.
    2. Turn over, throw about.
    3. Disturb, derange, rumple, put in disorder, disorder, disarrange.

Tumble, n. Fall.

Tumble-down, a. Tottering, ready to fall, dilapidated.