Puck \Puck\, n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. p[=u]ki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker a bugbear, Pug.]

1. (Medi[ae]val Myth.) A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]

2. (Zool.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]

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Pug \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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Pug \Pug\, n. [Hind. pag foot.]

A footprint; a track; as of a boar. [India] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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Pug \Pug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pugging.]

[Cf. G. pucken to thump. beat.]

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1. To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc. [1913 Webster]

2. To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2. [1913 Webster]

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Pug \Pug\, 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]

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pug

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Pug \Pug\, n. [Hind. pag foot.]

A footprint; a track; as of a boar. [India]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Puck \Puck\, n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. p[=u]ki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker a bugbear, Pug.]

1. (Medi[ae]val Myth.) A celebrated fairy, ``the merry wanderer of the night;'' -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. --Shak.

He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. --Drayton.

2. (Zo["o]l.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Pug \Pug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pugging.]

[Cf. G. pucken to thump. beat.]

1. To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.

2. To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Pug \Pug\, n.

1. Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.

2. A pug mill.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Pug \Pug\, n. [Corrupted fr. puck. See Puck.]

1. An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck. [Obs.]

--B. Jonson.

2. A name for a monkey. [Colloq.]

--Addison.

3. A name for a fox. [Prov. Eng.]

--C. Kingsley.

4. An intimate; a crony; a dear one. [Obs.]

--Lyly.

5. pl. Chaff; the refuse of grain. [Obs.]

--Holland.

6. A prostitute. [Obs.]

--Cotgrave.

7. (Zo["o]l.) One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.

8. (Zo["o]l.) Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)