pug Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle
pug-dog.
WordNet
Pug transitive verb
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Cf. G.Wordforms
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To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc. -
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 .
Pug noun
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Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic. -
A pug mill.
Pug noun
Etymology
Corrupted fr.Definitions
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An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Obs. B. Jonson.Puck . -
A name for a monkey. Colloq. Addison. -
A name for a fox. Prov. Eng. C. Kingsley. -
An intimate; a crony; a dear one. Obs. Lyly. - pl.
Chaff; the refuse of grain. Obs. Holland. -
A prostitute. Obs. Cotgrave. -
(Zoöl.) One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog. -
(Zoöl.) Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia .