Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lug"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lug \Lug\, v. i.
To move slowly and heavily.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Lug
n 1: (Irish) ancient Irish god (probably a god of the sun) [syn:
{Lug}]
2: a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is
oblique to the mast [syn: {lugsail}]
3: a projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn
something
4: marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of
the back; often used for fishing bait [syn: {lugworm}, {lobworm}]
v 1: carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase"
[syn: {tote}, {tug}]
2: obstruct, as of a passage; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her
arteries are blocked" [syn: {stuff}, {choke up}, {block}]
[ant: {unstuff}]
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