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Webster 1913 Edition

Plug

Plug

,
Noun.
[Akin to D.
plug
, G.
pflock
, Dan.
plök
,
plug
, Sw.
plugg
; cf. W.
ploc
.]
1.
Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
2.
A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
[U. S.]
3.
A high, tapering silk hat.
[Slang, U.S.]
4.
A worthless horse.
[Slang, U.S.]
5.
(Building)
A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.
Breech plug
(Gun.)
,
in breech-loading guns, the metal plug or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech, through which the gun is loaded.
–
Fire plug
,
a street hydrant to which hose may be attached.
[U. S.]
–
Hawse plug
(Naut.)
,
a plug to stop a hawse hole.
–
Plug and feather
.
(Stone Working)
See
Feather
,
Noun.
, 7.
–
Plug centerbit
,
a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.
–
Plug rod
(Steam Eng.)
, a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
–
Plug valve
(Mech.)
,
a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet.

Plug

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Plugged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Plugging
.]
To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

Webster 1828 Edition

Plug

PLUG

,
Noun.
A stopple; any piece of pointed wood or other substance used to stop a hole, but larger than a peg or spile.
Hawse-plug, in marine affairs, a plug to stop a hawse-hole.
Shot-plug, a plug to stop a breach made by a cannon ball in the side of a ship.

PLUG

,
Verb.
T.
To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

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