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Webster 1913 Edition
Bung
Bung
(bŭng)
, Noun.
[Cf. W.
bwng
orfice, bunghole, Ir. buinne
tap, spout, OGael. buine
.] 1.
The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.
2.
The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.
3.
A sharper or pickpocket.
[Obs. & Low]
You filthy
bung
, away. Shakespeare
Bung
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bunged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bunging
.] To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; – with up.
To bung up
, to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action.
[Low]
He had
bunged up
his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years. Shelton (Trans. Don Quixote).
Webster 1828 Edition
Bung
BUNG
, n.1.
The stopple of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.2.
The hole or orifice in the bilge of a cast.BUNG
,Verb.
T.