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  8  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Lug 
  n  1:  (Irish)  ancient  Irish  god  (probably  a  god  of  the  sun)  [syn: 
  {Lug}] 
  2:  a  four-cornered  sail  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}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  LUG 
 
  {Linux  User  Group} 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  LUG 
  Local  Users  Group




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