4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jug \Jug\, n. [Prob. fr Jug, a corruption of or nickname for
Joanna; cf 2d Jack, and Jill. See {Johannes}.]
1. A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling
belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side
2. A pitcher; a ewer. [Eng.]
3. A prison; a jail; a lockup. [Slang] --Gay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jug \Jug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jugged}; p. pr & vb n.
{Jugging}.]
1. To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling
water; as to jug a hare.
2. To commit to jail; to imprison. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jug \Jug\, v. i. (Zo["o]l.)
1. To utter a sound resembling this word as certain birds
do especially the nightingale.
2. To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of
quails and partridges.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
jug
n 1: a large bottle with a narrow mouth
2: the quantity contained in a jug [syn: {jugful}]
v 1: lock up in jail [syn: {imprison}, {incarcerate}, {lag}, {immure},
{put behind bars}, {jail}, {gaol}, {put away}, {remand}]
2: stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit"
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