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Webster 1913 Edition
Pugging
1.
The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc.
2.
(Arch.)
Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; – in the United States usually called
deafening
. Pug′ging
,Adj.
Thieving.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Definition 2025
pugging
pugging
English

One form of pugging between the joists in a barn. In this sense the pugging material is held in place with sticks and is used as an insulation and air sealing material. Image: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed
Verb
pugging
- present participle of pug
Noun
pugging (countable and uncountable, plural puggings)
- (architecture) mortar etc. laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound.
Synonyms
- (mortar etc. laid between joists): deafening (US)