1.
[syn: pug, pug-dog]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. (Zool.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pug \Pug\, n. [Hind. pag foot.]
A footprint; a track; as of a boar. [India]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. (Zool.) One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short
nose and head; a pug dog.
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8. (Zool.) Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pug
n 1: small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having
a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle [syn:
pug, pug-dog]