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T TABLING to TAIL TAIL-BLOCK to TENDING TENON to TIDE TIER to TOGGEL TOMPION to TOPPING TOPPING-LIFT to TRACT-SCOUT TRACTING to TREE-NAILS TRACTING TRADE-WINDS TRAIN TRANSOMS TRANSPORT TRANSPORTING TRAVELER TRAVERSE TRAVERSE-BOARD TREE-NAILS TRESTLE-TREES to TRIP TRIPPING to TRYING TUCK to TYE Search Contact us
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TRACTING to TREE-NAILSTRACTINGTRACTING, the act of pulling any vessel or floating body along the stream of a canal or river, by means of a rope extending from the vessel, &c. to the adjacent shore, and drawn along the banks of the river, by men or horses.
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