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Lug \Lug\, 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.

They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share. --Collier.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Lug \Lug\, 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Lug \Lug\, v. i. To move slowly and heavily.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Lug \Lug\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]

1. A rod or pole. [Prov. Eng.]

--Wright.

2. A measure of length, being 161/2 feet; a rod, pole, or perch. [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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Lug \Lug\, n. [Sw. lugg the forelock.]

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. (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.

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

5. (Zo["o]l.) The lugworm.

Lug bolt (Mach.), a bolt terminating in a long, flat extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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