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Pronunciation : Pug
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. G. pucken to thump. beat.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Pugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pugging.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pug
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pug
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Corrupted fr. puck. See Puck.]
Definition : 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.

Defn: Chaff; the refuse of grain. [Obs.] Holland.

6. A prostitute. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

7. (Zo?l.)

Defn: One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.

8. (Zo?l.)

Defn: Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913