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lug

lug is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 10 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.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.
  2. 2.(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.
  3. 3.(Harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
  4. 4.(Zoöl.) The lugworm. Lug bolt (Mach.), a bolt terminating in a long, flat extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt.
  5. 5.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.
  6. 6.To move slowly and heavily.
  7. 7.The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.[Colloq.]
  8. 8.Anything which moves slowly. [Obs.] Ascham.
  9. 9.A rod or pole. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
  10. 10.A measure of length, being 16 [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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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