[f. TUG v. + -ING1.] The action of TUG v. in various senses.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 204. Hwonne þe schil & te heorte … hunten þer efter, mid wouhinge, mid togginge, oðer mid eni tollunge.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 495/2. Toggynge, or strogelynge…, colluctacio.
a. 1500[?]. Chester Pl., vii. 210. For thy teeth here is good tugging.
1551. T. Wilson, Logike (1580), 60. In all whiche matchyng and touggyng together, this would bee obserued, that [etc.].
1660. Milton, Free Commw., Wks. 1851, V. 441. An endless tugging between Petition of Right and Royal Prerogative.
1742. Fielding, Jos. Andrews, III. vi. Being roused by these Tuggings, he constantly awaked.
1866. Mrs. Gaskell, Wives & Dau., i. After some tugging, she opened the casement.
