Strictly speaking, Zug means Pull, Tug, Draught, Procession, March, Progress,
Flight, Direction, Expedition, Train, Caravan, Passage, Stroke, Touch, Line,
Flourish, Trait of Character, Feature, Lineament, Chess-move, Organ-stop, Team,
Whiff, Bias, Drawer, Propensity, Inhalation, Disposition: but that thing which
it does not mean,--when all its legitimate pendants have been hung on, has not
been discovered yet.
- A Tramp Abroad, Appendix D: The Awful German Language
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