Found 2 items, similar to Pug.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pug
pug
n : small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a
tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle [syn:
pug-dog]
[also:
pugging,
pugged]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pug
Puck
\Puck\, n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. p[=u]ki an evil
demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf.
Poker a bugbear,
Pug.]
1. (Medi[ae]val Myth.) A celebrated fairy,
“the merry
wanderer of the night;” -- called also
Robin Goodfellow
,
Friar Rush,
Pug, etc. --Shak.
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He meeteth Puck, whom most men call
Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. --Drayton.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
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Pug
\Pug\, n. [Corrupted fr. puck. See
Puck.]
1. An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as
Puck. [Obs.] --B.
Jonson.
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2. A name for a monkey. [Colloq.] --Addison.
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3. A name for a fox. [Prov. Eng.] --C. Kingsley.
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4. An intimate; a crony; a dear one. [Obs.] --Lyly.
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5. pl. Chaff; the refuse of grain. [Obs.] --Holland.
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6. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
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7. (Zo["o]l.) One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short
nose and head; a pug dog.
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8. (Zo["o]l.) Any geometrid moth of the genus
Eupithecia.
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Pug
\Pug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Pugged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pugging.] [Cf. G. pucken to thump. beat.]
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1. To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery,
etc.
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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
\Pug\, n.
1. Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be
plastic.
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2. A pug mill.
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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
\Pug\, n. [Hind. pag foot.]
A footprint; a track; as of a boar. [India]
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