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n. [ Russ. bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white. The whale is now commonly called bieluka in Russian. ] 1. (Zool.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The northern beluga (Delphinapterus catodon) is the white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to eighteen feet long. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the sturgeon (Huso huso) native to the Black Sea and Caspian Sea; -- also called hausen. It is valued for its roe, sold as caviar, and is also used for production of isinglass. See also sturgeon. [ PJC ]

3. the caviar obtained from the beluga{ 2 }; -- also called beluga caviar. The caviar of the beluga is considered the finest sort, larger and of a taste superior to that obtained from other sturgeon. See also sturgeon and caviar. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ Prob. an aboriginal name. ] (Zool.) A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. déluge, L. diluvium, fr. diluere wash away; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash. See Lave, and cf. Diluvium. ] 1. A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction. “The deluge of summer.” Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fiery deluge fed
With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [ London ] street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial ground, which has still survived in the deluge. F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

After me the deluge.
(Aprés moi le déluge.) Madame de Pompadour. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deluged p. pr. & vb. n. Deluging. ] 1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

The deluged earth would useless grow. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe. [ 1913 Webster ]

At length corruption, like a general flood . . .
Shall deluge all. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an upright hydrant that can supply large volumes of water to use in fighting a fire. They are commonly placed at intervals at the street edge of a sidewalk for convenience in suppressing fires in towns.
Syn. -- fire hydrant, plug. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ G., a wing. ] (Mus.) 1. A grand piano or a harpsichord, both being wing-shaped. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. A flugelhorn. [ PJC ]

[ from German flügelhorn. ] n. A brass wind instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore, and having three valves.
Syn. -- fluegelhorn. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ G. flügelman. ] (Mil.) Same as Fugleman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Slug to be idle. ] To lsoe by idleness or slotch. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Fusty + lug something heavy, to be drawn or carried. ] A gross, fat, unwieldy person. [ Obs. ] F. Junius. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }. 1. (Ordnance) A plug fitted to the fuse hole of a shell to hold the fuse. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A fusible plug that screws into a receptacle, used as a fuse in electric wiring. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Lugged or dragged by the head. [ R. ] “The head-lugged bear.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To move slowly and heavily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sw. lugg the forelock. ] 1. The ear, or its lobe. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mach.) A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) The lugworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A man; sometimes implying clumsiness. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

Lug bolt (Mach.), a bolt terminating in a long, flat extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt. --
Lug nut (Mach.), a large nut fitting a heavy bolt; -- used especially of the nuts used to attach wheels to vehicles. --
Lug wrench (Mach.), a wrench used to tighten or loosen lug nuts, usually a steel rod having a hexagonally shaped socket which fits closely over the lug nut; sometimes in the shape of a cross, having several such sockets, one at the end of each arm, to accommodate nuts of different sizes. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Lugged p. pr. & vb. n. Lugging ] [ OE. luggen, Sw. lugga to pull by the hair, fr. lugg the forelock. ] To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything which moves slowly. [ Obs. ] Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] 1. A rod or pole. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A measure of length, being 161/2 feet; a rod, pole, or perch. [ Obs. ] “ Eight lugs of ground.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chimney lug, or
Lug pole, a pole on which a kettle is hung over the fire, either in a chimney or in the open air. [ Local, U.S. ] Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the language of the Buganda; spoken in Uganda. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a racing sled for one or two people; it is raced down a chute of packed snow or ice, and the occupant(s) lie down on it with feet in the direction of motion. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. someone who races the luge.
Syn. -- slider. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From 4th Lug. ] That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

What do you mean,
To dote thus on such luggage! Shak.

Syn. -- Plunder; baggage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Luggage van, a vehicle for carrying luggage; a railway car, or compartment of a car, for carrying luggage. [ Eng. ] --
Luggage compartment, the compartment in a train, bus or other vehicle designed for storage of luggage during a journey. Separate from the passenger compartment. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Naut.) A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Lug an ear. ] A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an earmark. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. lygro`s sad, Skr. ruj to break. ] Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality. Hawthorne.

-- Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly, adv. -- Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. excessive sadness and mournfulness.
Syn. -- gloominess. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ 1st lug + worm. ] (Zool.) A large marine annelid (Arenicola marina) having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back. It is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen. Called also lobworm, and baitworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Electricity) The connecting end of the cord on an electrical device, having two or three pins, that is inserted into a matching socket to make an electrical connection.
Syn. -- plug. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. plök, plug, Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc. ] 1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A high, tapering silk hat. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A worthless horse. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An act of plugging{ 6 }; a brief mention for the sake of publicity or advertisement, especially during a public event not specifically intended for advertising purposes; as, he put in a plug for his favorite charity. [ PJC ]

Breech plug (Gun.), in breech-loading guns, the metal plug or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech, through which the gun is loaded. --
Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached. [ U. S. ] --
Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole. --
Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7. --
Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it. --
Plug rod (Steam Eng.) , a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine. --
Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Plugged p. pr. & vb. n. Plugging ] To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To briefly publicize or advertise, especially during a public event not specifically intended for advertising purposes; as, during the interview he plugged his new book.
Syn. -- put in a plug for. [ PJC ]

. (Elec.) A switchboard in which connections are made by means of plugs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who, or that which, plugs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of stopping with a plug. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The material of which a plug or stopple is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) (a) A holothurian. (b) A nudibranch mollusk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful; cf. LG. slukk low-spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak, slek, a snail. ] 1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A ship that sails slowly. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to come to, should be between Calais and Dover. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. [ Perhaps a different word. ] An irregularly shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Print.) A thick strip of metal less than type high, and as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sea slug. (Zool.) (a) Any nudibranch mollusk. (b) A holothurian. --
Slug caterpillar. Same as Slugworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To move slowly; to lie idle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To slug in sloth and sensual delight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make sluggish. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Slugged p. pr. & vb. n. Slugging ] 1. To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strike heavily. [ Cant or Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who indulges in lying abed; a sluggard. [ R. ] “Fie, you slugabed!” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Slug + -ard. ] A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Prov. vi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sluggish; lazy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make lazy. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. sloggardye. ] The state of being a sluggard; sluggishness; sloth. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Idleness is rotten sluggardy. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize fighter. [ Cant or Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. (Baseball) a measure of the effectiveness of a batter at reaching base and advancing other runners, calculated as the sum of the number of bases reached on each hit, divided by the total number of times at bat. A double counts two bases, a triple three, a home run four. Thus a batter with four singles, two doubles and a triple in 20 official times at bat would have a slugging average of 0.550, and a batting average of 0.350. Also called slugging percentage. Compare batting average. [ PJC ]

. (a) A boxing match or prize fight marked rather by heavy hitting than skill. [ Cant or Slang ] (b) A ball game, esp. a baseball game, in which there is much hard hitting of the ball. [ Slang, U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]