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n or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2.

A short, thick nose; a snubnose. -- Pug"-nosed`, a. Pug-nose eel (Zoöl.), a deep-water marine eel (Simenchelys parasiticus) which sometimes burrows into the flesh of the halibut.

Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced.

Same as Puggry.

To pucker. [Obs.]

Puckered. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc.

A light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the head from the sun. [India] Yule.

Pshaw! pish! -- a word used in contempt or disdain.

As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers. [Obs.] Bacon.

The practice of boxing, or fighting with the fist.

One who fights with his fists; esp., a professional prize fighter; a boxer.

Of or pertaining to pugillism.

Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. --Pug*na"cious*ly, adv. -- Pug*na"cious*ness, n.

Inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness. " A national pugnacity of character." Motley.

See Impugn.

To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.

Capable of being expugnded.

The act of taking by assault; conquest. [R.] Sandys.

One who expugns.