Definitions for: Pug


[n] small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle



Webster (1913) Definition: Pug, n. [Hind. pag foot.]
A footprint; a track; as of a boar. [India]


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.


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.


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. (Zo["o]l.) One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short
nose and head; a pug dog.

8. (Zo["o]l.) Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.

Synonyms: pug-dog

See Also: Canis familiaris, dog, domestic dog

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