pug : Idioms & Phrases

• 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.

Webster 1913

• noun a short nose; flattened and turned up at the end
  

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Pug" nose`

Definitions

1. A short, thick nose; a snubnose. -- Pug"-nosed` a.

Webster 1913

• noun small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle
  pug.
  

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• adjective satellite having the flat wrinkled face of a pug dog
  

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Pug"-faced` adjective

Definitions

1. Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite having a blunt nose
  pug-nose; snub-nosed; short-nosed.
  
  • a pug-nosed boy with freckles
  • a snub-nosed automatic

WordNet

• adjective satellite having a blunt nose
  pug-nose; snub-nosed; short-nosed.
  
  • a pug-nosed boy with freckles
  • a snub-nosed automatic

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