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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plug  \Plug\,  n. 
 
  {Breech  plug}  (Gun.),  in  breech-loading  guns,  the  metal  plug 
  or  cylinder  which  closes  the  aperture  in  the  breech, 
  through  which  the  gun  is  loaded.  Plug  board  \Plug  board\ 
  (Elec.) 
  A  switchboard  in  which  connections  are  made  by  means  of 
  plugs. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plug  \Plug\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Plugged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Plugging}.] 
  To  stop  with  a  plug;  to  make  tight  by  stopping  a  hole. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plug  \Plug\,  n.  [Akin  to  D.  plug,  G.  pflock,  Dan.  pl["o]k,  plug, 
  Sw  plugg;  cf  W.  ploc.] 
  1.  Any  piece  of  wood,  metal,  or  other  substance  used  to  stop 
  or  fill  a  hole;  a  stopple. 
 
  2.  A  flat  oblong  cake  of  pressed  tobacco.  [U.  S.] 
 
  3.  A  high,  tapering  silk  hat.  [Slang,  U.S.] 
 
  4.  A  worthless  horse.  [Slang,  U.S.] 
 
  5.  (Building)  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  plug 
  n  1:  a  object  designed  to  fill  a  hole  tightly  [syn:  {stopper},  {stopple}] 
  2:  a  wad  of  something  chewable  as  tobacco  [syn:  {chew},  {chaw}, 
  {cud},  {quid},  {wad}] 
  3:  blatant  or  sensational  promotion  [syn:  {ballyhoo},  {hoopla}, 
  {hype}] 
  4:  fits  into  the  cylinder  head  of  an  internal-combustion  engine 
  and  ignites  the  gas  by  means  of  an  electric  spark  [syn:  {spark 
  plug},  {sparking  plug}] 
  5:  a  device  with  two  or  three  pins  that  is  inserted  in  a  socket 
  to  make  an  electrical  connection  [syn:  {male  plug}] 
  6:  an  upright  hydrant  for  drawing  water  to  use  in  fighting  a 
  fire  [syn:  {fireplug},  {fire  hydrant}] 
  7:  an  old  or  over-worked  horse  [syn:  {hack},  {jade},  {nag}] 
  v  1:  fill  or  close  tightly  with  or  as  if  with  a  plug;  "plug  the 
  hole";  "stop  up  the  leak"  [syn:  {stop  up},  {secure}] 
  2:  persist  in  working  hard;  "Students  must  plug  away  at  this 
  problem"  [syn:  {plug  away}] 
  3:  deliver  a  punch  to  [syn:  {punch}] 
  4:  make  a  plug  for  praise  the  qualities  or  in  order  to  sell  or 
  promote




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