Definition of pull

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Pull (n.) Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull..

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Saccade :: Saccade (n.) A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull..
Croupade :: Croupade (n.) A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly.
Punka :: Punka (n.) A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord..
Uppluck :: Uppluck (v. t.) To pull or pluck up.
Pullail :: Pullail (n.) Poultry.
Heterodromous :: Heterodromous (a.) Moving in opposite directions; -- said of a lever, pulley, etc., in which the resistance and the actuating force are on opposite sides of the fulcrum or axis..
Ampullate :: Ampullate (a.) Alt. of Ampullate.
Touze :: Touze (v. t. & i.) To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry.
Depilation :: Depilation (n.) Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing.
Tuck :: Tuck (n.) A pull; a lugging.
Rash :: Rash (v. t.) To pull off or pluck violently.
Puller :: Puller (n.) One who, or that which, pulls..
Mandrake :: Mandrake (n.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region..
Bootjack :: Bootjack (n.) A device for pulling off boots.
Ampullary :: Ampullary (a.) Resembling an ampulla.
Pluck :: Pluck (v. i.) To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown..
Tug :: Tug (v. t.) To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port..
Tew :: Tew (v.) Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex..
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguisses..
Pullicate :: Pullicate (n.) A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.
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