v. Obs. Forms: 5 tuggel, tugle, Sc. tuggill, 6 tuggle. [app. a freq. of TUG v.; see -LE 3; cf. FORTOGGLE v., TOGGLE v.2, also Du. tokkelen from tokken.]
1. trans. To pull about roughly; to drag about. Cf. TUG v. 4 b.
[Cf. a. 1225. Ancr. R., 424. Heo ne schulen … toggen [v.r. toggle] mid him, ne pleien.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 24606 (Edin.). Fortuglid [Cott. Fortoglid, Gött. Fortugild] þus wit trai and ten.]
c. 1440. Bone Flor., 1938. He was so tuggelde in a toyle.
c. 1470. Golagros & Gaw., 34. Tuglit and travalit thus trew men can tyre.
c. 1475. Rauf Coilȝear, 521. Thair is mony toun man to tuggill is full teuch.
a. 1585. Montgomerie, Flyting, 362. Tousled and tuggled with towne tykes.
2. intr. To struggle, labor: = TUG v. 3.
1650. Trapp, Comm. Num. vi. 4. He that would not toll the bell, must not tuggle with the rope.
1768. Ross, Helenore, I. 38. Tuggling an’ struggling how to get him free.
