JUG

n. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.

2.
n.

A pitcher; a ewer. [Eng.]

3.
n.

A prison; a jail; a lockup. [Slang] Gay.

4.
v.

To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.

5.
v.

To commit to jail; to imprison. [Slang]

6.
v.

To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.

7.
v.

To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.


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