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Lug
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 5
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The ear, or its lobe. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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.
3. 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.
4. The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
5. The lugworm. Lug bolt (Mach.), a bolt terminating in a long, flat extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 5
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.[Colloq.]
2. Anything which moves slowly. [Obs.] Ascham.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 5
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A rod or pole. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
2. A measure of length, being 16 [Obs.] " Eight lugs of ground." Spenser. 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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 5
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome. Dryden. They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share. Collier.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 5 of 5
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To move slowly and heavily.