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Word before "boat" or "of war" (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tug

(Other definitions for tug that I've seen before include "Haul" , "Pull a form of boat" , "Pull like small boat" , "Pull vigorously, yank" , "Powerful boat" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.
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