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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 jug /ˈʤʌg/
 水壺,監牢,模仿夜鶯的叫聲(vt.)放入壺中,燉,關押(vi.)模仿夜鶯叫

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Jug n.
 1. A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.
 2. A pitcher; a ewer. [Eng.]
 3. A prison; a jail; a lockup. [Slang]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Jug v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jugged p. pr. & vb. n. Jugging ]
 1. To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.
 2. To commit to jail; to imprison. [Slang]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Jug, v. i. Zool.
 1. To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
 2. To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 jug
      n 1: a large bottle with a narrow mouth
      2: the quantity contained in a jug [syn: jugful]
      v 1: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were
           imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was
           incarcerated for the rest of his life" [syn: imprison,
            incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail,
            gaol, put away, remand]
      2: stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit"
      [also: jugging, jugged]