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Definition of 'pug'

noun

Small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle [syn: pug, pug-dog]

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]
He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Pug \Pug\, n.
1. Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic. [1913 Webster]
2. A pug mill. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Pug \Pug\, n. [Corrupted fr. puck. See Puck.]
1. An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
2. A name for a monkey. [Colloq.] --Addison. [1913 Webster]
3. A name for a fox. [Prov. Eng.] --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
4. An intimate; a crony; a dear one. [Obs.] --Lyly. [1913 Webster]
5. pl. Chaff; the refuse of grain. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]
6. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. [1913 Webster]
7. (Zool.) One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog. [1913 Webster]
8. (Zool.) Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Pug \Pug\, n. [Hind. pag foot.] A footprint; a track; as of a boar. [India] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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Pug \Pug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pugging.] [Cf. G. pucken to thump. beat.] [1913 Webster]
1. To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]