PLUG

Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]

A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]

A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]

A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails. Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached. [U. S.] -- Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole. -- Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7. -- Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it. -- Plug rod (Steam Eng.) , a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine. -- Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet.

To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.