Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slug"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slug \Slug\, n. [OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful;
cf. LG. slukk low-spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak,
slek, a snail.]
1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. --Shak.
2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] --Bacon.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial
pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related
genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed
in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely
allied to the land snails.
4. (Zo["o]l.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth
which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.
5. A ship that sails slowly. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to
come to, should be between Calais and Dover.
--Pepys.
6. [Perhaps a different word.] An irregularly shaped piece of
metal, used as a missile for a gun.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slug \Slug\, v. i.
To move slowly; to lie idle. [Obs.]
To slug in sloth and sensual delight. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slug \Slug\, v. t.
To make sluggish. [Obs.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slug \Slug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slugged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Slugging}.]
1. To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun.
2. To strike heavily. [Cant or Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slug \Slug\, v. i.
To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by
passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the
barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or
other firearm.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
slug
n 1: a projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: {bullet}]
2: an idle slothful person [syn: {sluggard}]
3: any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated
slimy body and no external shell
v 1: strike heavily, esp. with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me
so hard that I passed out" [syn: {slog}, {swig}]
2: be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat
and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all
morning" [syn: {idle}, {laze}, {stagnate}] [ant: {work}]
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