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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.
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.
Definition 2024
pug
pug
English
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
- Term of endearment (probably related to puck). [from the 16th c]
- A bargeman. [from the 16th c]
- A harlot; a prostitute. [circa 1600]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cotgrave to this entry?)
- A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. [from the 18th c]
- An upper servant in a great house. [from the 19th c]
- (obsolete, slang) A pugilist or boxer.
- (obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
- (obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
- Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
Translations
small dog
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Compare German pucken (“to thump, beat”).
Noun
pug (countable and uncountable, plural pugs)
- Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)
- A pug mill.
Verb
pug (third-person singular simple present pugs, present participle pugging, simple past and past participle pugged)
- (transitive) To mix and stir when wet.
- to pug clay for bricks or pottery
- (transitive) 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.
Etymology 3
From Hindi पग (pag, “step, foot”), related to Sanskrit पद्य (padya, “foot”) and Greek πόδι (pódi, “foot”).
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
Synonyms
Anagrams
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [puɡ]
Noun
pug (plural pugs)
Declension
declension of pug
Related terms
Terms derived from pug
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