pug

noun22

1. •
   A pug dog, a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.

   • She […] tells Fibs, makes Mischief, buys China, cheats at Cards, keeps a Pug-dog, and hates the Parsons; […] — 1740
2. •
   (informal) Clipping of pugilist (“one who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer”).

   • He [Maxie Rosenbloom] never trained for his characters either: with his slurred speech and disfigured mug he usually portrayed a punch-drunk ex-pug or comic tough guy, roles in which he was a natural. — 1988
3. •
   The footprint or pawprint of an animal; a pugmark.

   • [T]here were the broad, deep puggs of a tiger, up and down the nullah, in the dry sand, near the water's edge, of all ages, from the week, perhaps, up to the unmistakeable fresh puggs of last night. — 1851
4. •
   A pug moth, often with a descriptive word: any geometrid moth of the tribe Eupitheciini, especially the genus Eupithecia; a geometer moth.
5. •
   Clay, soil, or other material which has been mixed and worked until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and thus suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.; also, any other material with a similar consistency or function, especially (Australia) auriferous (“gold-bearing”) clay.
6. •
   Ellipsis of pug mill (“kind of mill for grinding, mixing, and working clay”).
7. •
   In full pug engine: a small locomotive chiefly used for shunting (“moving trains from one track to another, or carriages from one train to another”).
8. •
   (US) A bun or knot of hair; also, a piece of cloth or snood for holding this in place.
9. •
   (UK, rare) A person or thing that is squat (“broad and short”).
10. •
    (historical) In full pug hood: a hood, sometimes with a short cloak attached, worn by women around the middle of the 18th century.
11. •
    (UK, historical) Chiefly used by servants: A senior or upper servant in a household.
12. •
    (UK, no longer used) Also used as a proper name: any of various animals, such as a ferret, hare, squirrel, or young salmon.

    • Dear, delicate Madam, I am your little Paraquit, your Sparrovv, your Shock, your Pugg, your Squirrel. — 1685
13. •
    (UK, no longer used) An ape, a monkey; also (by extension) a human child.

    • […] I heard her call him dear pug, and found him to be her favourite monkey. — 1712
14. •
    (UK, no longer used) A fox.

    • That spell was broken by the sight of poor wearied pug, his once gracefully-floating brush all draggled and drooping, as he toiled up the sheep-paths toward the open down above. — 1848
15. •
    (UK, no longer used) Synonym of teg (“a sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn”).

    • It is to be observed in this experiment, […] that the loss of weight by feeding (tegs or pugs) on turnips, is remarkable: […] — 1808
16. •
    (no longer used) A term of endearment for a person, or sometimes an animal or a toy such as a doll.

    • She sings. / VVell met, pug, the pearle of beauty: vmh, vmh. / Hovv novv sir knave, you forget your dutie, vmh, vmh. — 1604
17. •
    (no longer used) A small demon; an imp, a puck, a sprite.

    • Satan. The great diuell. / Pvg. The lesse diuell. — 1616
18. •
    (no longer used) A mistress, or a female prostitute; also (generally, derogatory) a woman.

    • So euery lip has his Lettice to himselfe: […] the VVesterne-man his Pug, the Seruing-man his Punke, […] — 1604
19. •
    (no longer used) A bargeman.

    • Dares […] [W]ilt thou neuer trauell? / Epi[ton]. Yes in a VVesterne barge, vvhen vvith a good vvinde and lustie pugges, one may goe ten miles in tvvo daies. — 1588
20. •
    (no longer used) A cabin boy, a shipboy or ship's boy.

    • [Ulysses] ty'd his deafen'd Sailors (vvhile he pass'd / The dreadful Lady's Lodgings) to the Mast, / And rather venture drovvning, than to vvrong / The Sea-pugs chaste Ears vvith a bavvdy Song: […] — 1681
21. •
    (UK, no longer used) The residue left after pressing apples for cider; pomace.
22. •
    (UK, no longer used) Often in the plural: the husks and other refuse removed from grain by winnowing; chaff.

    • The pugg, i.e. the refuse corne left at winnowinge. — 1640

verb10

1. •
   To mix and work (wet clay) until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.
2. •
   To fill or stop up (a space) with pug, clay, sawdust, or other material by tamping; (specifically) to fill in (the space between joists of a floor, a partition, etc.) with some material to deaden sound, make fireproof, etc.

   • Forbid it Venus! From the venal Fair / Snatch every charm, to Hay convert her Locks; / Pug up her nose, and pug-like make her stare; / And pit her pimpled visage with small-pox. — 1812
3. •
   (rare) To hit or punch (someone or something); also, to poke (someone or something).
4. •
   (Scotland, Wales) To pull or tug (something).

   • George pugg'd clover in the forenoon. — 1717
5. •
   (Scotland, Wales) Followed by at: to pull or tug.
6. •
   (no longer used) To pack or tamp (something) into a small space.
7. •
   (no longer used) To pack or tamp into a small space.
8. •
   (Australia, no longer used) Of cattle, etc.: to trample (the ground, a place, etc.) until it becomes muddy and soft; to poach.
9. •
   (no longer used, rare) To track (an animal) by following pawprints; also (by extension) to track (a person) by following footprints.
10. •
    (Scotland, no longer used) To spoil (something) by touching too much.

verb1

1. •
   (Internet) To participate in structured content of an online game as part of a pickup group.

noun1

1. •
   (Internet) Acronym of pickup group (“group of players who are unknown to each other, grouped together to work toward a short-term goal, such as completing a dungeon or a raid”).