Dictionary entry

Lug (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lug, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Lugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Lugging (?).] [OE. luggen, Sw. lugga to pull by the hair, fr. lugg the forelock.] To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome. Dryden.

They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share. Collier.