pug /ˈpʌg/
獅子狗,泥料,拳師,(獸)腳印(vt.)搗,跟蹤追尋
Pug, n.
1. An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck. [Obs.]
2. A name for a monkey. [Colloq.]
3. A name for a fox. [Prov. Eng.]
4. An intimate; a crony; a dear one. [Obs.]
5. pl. Chaff; the refuse of grain. [Obs.]
6. A prostitute. [Obs.]
7. Zool. One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.
8. Zool. Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.
Pug n. A footprint; a track; as of a boar. [India]
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Pug v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pugged p. pr. & vb. n. Pugging.]
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 : small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a
tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle [syn:
pug-dog]
[also: pugging, pugged]