Pug (?), v. 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.
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Pug, n.
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.
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Pug, n. [Corrupted fr. puck. See Puck.]
1.
An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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. (Zoöl.)
One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.
8. (Zoöl.)
Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
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Pug (?), n. [Hind. pag foot.]
A footprint; a track; as of a boar. [India]
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