Толковый словарь английского языка - lug
Lug
lug
I. verb (~ged; ~ging) Etymology: Middle English ~gen to pull by the hair or ear, drag, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian ~ga to pull by the hair Date: 14th century transitive verb drag , pull , to carry laboriously , to introduce in a forced manner , intransitive verb to pull with effort ; tug , to move heavily or by jerks , to swerve from the course toward or away from the inside rail, II. noun Date: 1616 1. archaic an act of ~ging, something that is ~ged, a shipping container for produce, ~sail , superior airs or affectations , an exaction of money, III. noun Etymology: Middle English (Scots) ~ge, perhaps from Middle English ~gen Date: 15th century something (as a handle) that projects like an ear: as, a leather loop on a harness saddle through which the shaft passes, a metal fitting to which electrical wires are soldered or connected, ear , a ridge (as on the bottom of a shoe) to increase traction, a nut used to secure a wheel on an automotive vehicle, 5. a big clumsy fellow, an ordinary commonplace person
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1. v. & n. --v. (lugged, lugging) 1 tr. a drag or tug (a heavy object) with effort or violence. b (usu. foll. by round, about) carry (something heavy) around with one. 2 tr. (usu. foll. by in, into) introduce (a subject etc.) irrelevantly. 3 tr. (usu. foll. by along, to) force (a person) to join in an activity. 4 intr. (usu. foll. by at) pull hard. --n. 1 a hard or rough pull. 2 (in pl.) US affectation (put on lugs). Etymology: ME, prob. f. Scand.: cf. Sw. lugga pull a person's hair f. lugg forelock 2. n. 1 Sc. or colloq. an ear. 2 a projection on an object by which it may be carried, fixed in place, etc. 3 esp. US sl. a lout; a sponger; a stupid person. Etymology: prob. of Scand. orig.: cf. LUG(1) 3. n. = LUGWORM. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn. 4. n. = LUGSAIL. Etymology: abbr. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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