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Webster 1913 Edition


Pug

Pug

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pugged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pugging
.]
[Cf. G.
pucken
to thump. beat.]
1.
To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.
2.
To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See
Pugging
, 2.

Pug

,
Noun.
1.
Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.
2.
A pug mill.
Pug mill
,
a kind of mill for grinding and mixing clay, either for brickmaking or the fine arts; a clay mill. It consists essentially of an upright shaft armed with projecting knives, which is caused to revolve in a hollow cylinder, tub, or vat, in which the clay is placed.

Pug

,
Noun.
[Corrupted fr.
puck
. See
Puck
.]
1.
An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as
Puck
.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
2.
A name for a monkey.
[Colloq.]
Addison.
3.
A name for a fox.
[Prov. Eng.]
C. Kingsley.
4.
An intimate; a crony; a dear one.
[Obs.]
Lyly.
5.
pl.
Chaff; the refuse of grain.
[Obs.]
Holland.
6.
A prostitute.
[Obs.]
Cotgrave.
7.
(Zool.)
One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.
8.
(Zool.)
Any geometrid moth of the genus
Eupithecia
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pug

PUG

,
Noun.
The name given to a little animal treated with familiarity, as a monkey, a little dog, &c.