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▪ I. pulling, vbl. n.|ˈpʊlɪŋ|
[f. pull v. + -ing1.]
The action of pull v. in various senses.
1. Plucking, picking, gathering.
1382Wyclif Isa. xlii. 24 Who ȝaf Jacob in to pulling awei [1388 rauyschyng], and Irael to wasteres? 1530Palsgr. 259/1 Pullyng awaye, abstraction. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 84 With often digging, and pulling of the leaues. 1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 57 The best time for pulling of pease is in wette weather. 1857Ruskin Pol. Econ. Art i. (1868) 78 Holding his way in spite of pullings at his cloak and whisperings in his ear. 1868Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 261 It grows naturally in tufts or clumps, and is gathered by pulling. 1875J. Grant One of the 600 ii, I fear there will be a great pulling of caps among the housemaids [see pull v. 2 a].
2. Stripping of feathers, wool, etc.; plucking; the freeing of furs from long coarse hairs (in full fur-pulling: see fur n.1 10).
c1440Promp. Parv. 416/1 Pullynge, or plukkynge of fowle, deplumacio. 1578–9Proclam. Q. Eliz. 18 Feb., The inordinate pulling of marchantable wooll fels. 1796W. Marshall W. England II. 183 The whole [geese] are subjected to the operation of ‘pulling’. 189719th Cent. Nov. 740 After the pulling (that is the removal of the longer and coarser hairs) the skins are again dried.
3. a. Drawing with force or effort.
c1440Promp. Parv. 416/1 Pullynge, or drawynge, traccio, tractus. 1562in Shropsh. Parish Docts. (1903) 61 For polyng downe of the rode loft iiis. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. ii. 38 What forced pullings and drawings to make proper terms to stretch for the covering and palliating unproper actions. 1676G. Towerson Decalogue 374 The pulling of death upon us with our own hands. a1716South Serm. (1744) IX. v. 139 He would make the rigours of the sabbath give way to the pulling of an ox or a sheep out of the ditch.
b. In various specific and technical uses: see quots., and senses of pull v.
1676Moxon Print Lett. 2 The pulling off at the Press. 1866‘Mark Twain’ Lett. from Hawaii (1967) 84 The arraigning of a ship's officers before the courts by the crew to answer for alleged cruelties practiced upon them on the high seas—such as the ‘pulling’ of captains and mates by the crews of the Mercury. 1869Blake-Humfrey Eton Boating Bk. (1875) 54 note, Silver Oars and Steerage [were given] to the winners of the Pulling. 1894Stead If Christ came to Chicago 371 The present system of arbitrary pulling is simply a regulation system under the mask of arbitrary arrest. 1899W. G. Grace in Westm. Gaz. 2 Aug. 2/1 They should be severely reprimanded if they show any tendency towards pulling [in cricket]. 1960G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 333/2 Pulling, the removal of the cover, boards, end papers, tapes, and any lining material which, with the softening of old glue and cutting of sewing threads, are necessary stages in the preparation of a book for rebinding. 1975J. Pidgeon Flame ii. 24 Jack Daniels and the D.T.s liked the Jackoranda. They didn't care much for the cramped stage..and the money was always lousy. But it was the best place they knew for pulling.
c. Racing. The dishonest checking of a horse.
1861Times 31 Dec., The public ‘pulling’ of horses is too dangerous a precedent to be frequently resorted to. 1888Daily News 30 June 5/1 He strenuously denied every allegation of pulling.
d. Of a horse: see pull v. 9 b.
1907Cavalry Training (War Office) iii. §84 The usual causes of pulling are:—Excitability, Pain, Fear, Freshness and want of work, Hard mouth, Bad breaking.
e. N.Z. (See quot.) Cf. pull v. 11 e.
1947P. Newton Wayleggo (1949) 154 The act of a heading dog bringing sheep back to his master is termed pulling.
4. That which is produced by pulling: see quots. † pullings-out, rich linings drawn out for display, esp. through slashes in the sleeves of a garment: see pull v.1 29 b (obs.).
1558in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 23 After that agayne translated into lyninge pullinges oute. 1564in Fairholt Costume Gloss. s.v., Two pullingsowte of blake cipers wrought with Venice gold. 1828Craven Gloss. (ed. 2), Poolins, the fat which is stripped or pooled off the intestines of a slaughtered animal. 1863Brierley Chron. Waverlow, Trevor Hall iii. 50 Like a pokeful o' pooins ut they couldno' get a single eend eawt on.
5. attrib. and Comb., as pulling-hook, pulling-rope; ‘moved by oars, rowing-’, as pulling boat, pulling launch, pulling pinnace; also pulling-bar = draw-bar 1; pulling bone U.S. = wish bone s.v. wish n.1 4; † pulling clock, a clock with weights pulling on a barrel; pulling-jack, a jack which acts by contraction instead of expansion; pulling-knife, a fleshing-knife (fleshing vbl. n. 7); pulling power, the ability to attract or persuade; pulling-trees (dial.): see quot.
1892J. G. A. Meyer Mod. Locomotive Constr. 528 Fig. 850 shows the wrought-iron *pulling-bar which connects the tender to the engine.
1912A. T. Quiller-Couch Hocken & Hunken p. xxiii, The penultimate race (randan *pulling-boats) was finishing amid banging of guns and bursts of music. 1975Country Life 2 Jan. 23/2 The RNLI..displays the former Whitby No. 2 lifeboat..the last pulling boat to have been in the service of the Institution.
1877Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 4) 502 *Pulling-bone, the common name in Maryland, Virginia, &c, for the yoke-like breast-bone of chickens, by pulling which till it breaks children and young ladies settle which will be the first married.
1733Budgell Bee I. 37, I do give and devise to Mr. John Mills..my *Pulling Clock in my Bed Chamber.
1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 36 A *pulling hooke handsome, for bushes and broome. 1805R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 752 The poles [are] drawn up by a tool for the purpose, which is termed a dog or pulling-hook.
1875Knight Dict. Mech., *Pulling-jack, a hydraulic device for lifting or pulling heavy weights.
1894Times 7 July 7/5 The gun was afterwards put on board an ordinary *pulling pinnace.
1942H. C. Bailey Dead Man's Shoes i. 7 Posters..credited by the expert with much more *pulling power. 1966N. Nicolson in H. Nicolson Diaries & Lett. 66 Harold Nicolson's importance to Mosley, apart from the increasing pulling-power of his name, was his close connection with Beaverbrook. 1978P. Bailey Leisure & Class in Victorian England vii. 147 Enterprising publicans..abolished the refreshment check..relying on the pulling power of the entertainment.
1895Kipling in Pall Mall G. 25 Oct., She took the *pulling-rope, and stepped out boldly at the boy's side.
1895E. Anglian Gloss., *Pulling-trees, the part [of a plough] to which the horses are attached.
▪ II. ˈpulling, ppl. a.
[See -ing2.]
That pulls.
1633G. Herbert Temple, Familie i, What do these loud complaints and pulling fears? 1894Doyle Mem. S. Holmes 29 Sometimes it is a pulling jockey. 1903Westm. Gaz. 19 Mar. 6/3 The brew served by the handle-pulling damsel.
Add:b. pulling guard (Amer. Football), an offensive guard who withdraws or pulls back from the line of scrimmage to block for a runner: see *pull v. 17 d. Also pulling lineman, etc.
1958J. Holgate Fundamental Football iv. 27 Notice in Figure 4-7e how the pulling lineman points his toes as he steps off to his right. 1964Sports Illustr. 5 Oct. 73/1 His best play is a sprintout run-pass option when he fakes to the fullback and follows both pulling guards. 1977Washington Post 18 Sept. (Mag. section) 19/3 Paul Zimmerman..moonlighted as a pulling guard for the Paterson (New Jersey) Pioneers. 1988Gridiron Nov. 54/1 It's a very simple play in which..you bring a pulling guard to the left side of the field while everybody else blocks down. |