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 ]

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 ]

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

a. Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Puggry. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To pucker. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Puckered. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pug, v. t. ] 1. The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening. [ 1913 Webster ]