rug

Choosing a rug can be a formidable task, since there are such a large variety of styles available on the market. The merit and value vary according to the number of factors that are present within the rug, including the fibre content, the intricacy of the design, and the rug's age, but the choice should ultimately depends on your personal taste and the style of the room where the rug is to be placed. Old and fragile rugs can be very expensive and difficult to maintain, but there are many well-made modern reproductions available.

Rug (?), n. [Cf. Sw. rugg entanglend hair, ruggig rugged, shaggy, probably akin to E. rough. See Rough, a.]

1.

A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.

They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine . . . repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs. The mastiffs, . . . deeming he had been a bear, would fain have baited him. Holinshed.

2.

A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potiere, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.

3.

A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.

Rug gown, a gown made of rug, of or coarse, shaggy cloth.

B. Johnson.

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Rug, v. t.

To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.

Sir W. Scott.

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