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lug
I. \ˈləg, dial ˈlu̇g\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English lugge
1. dialect England : rod, pole
2. now dialect England
a. : a varying measure of length usually 16 1/2 feet
b. : a square lug
II. verb
(lugged ; lugged ; lugging ; lugs)
Etymology: Middle English luggen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian lugge to pull by the hair, Swedish lugga to pull by the hair, Norwegian & Swedish lugg tuft of hair
transitive verb
1.
a. now chiefly dialect
(1) : to give a pull to (as the ear or hair)
(2) : to pull especially by the ear or hair
b. : to pull with force : drag
< lugged the little wretch … out of the room — Samuel Butler †1902 >
< lugged the feed trough out into the open — Marjorie K. Rawlings >
2. : to carry with great effort
< lugged those boxes all over the city till they seemed full of marble — Dan Browne >
< preferred to lug his own suitcase — Horace Sutton >
3. : to bring in or introduce in a ponderous or forced manner
< lug a story into the conversation >
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to pull with effort : tug
b. of a horse : to bear down on the bit
2. : to move heavily or by jerks
< printers' rollers lug when sticky >
3. of a racehorse : to swerve from the course toward or away from the inside rail
< kept lugging in toward the rails — G.F.T.Ryall >
4. archaic
a. : to draw one's sword
b. : to take out one's money or purse
III. \ˈləg\ noun
(-s)
1. archaic
a. : an act of lugging
b. : something that is lugged
2. : a box or basket holding 25 to 40 pounds of fruit or vegetables; specifically : a box having an inside width of 13 1/2 inches, an outside length of 17 1/2 inches, and a depth of from 4 1/4 to 7 3/4 inches
3. lugs plural : superior airs : affectations of importance
< no lugs about him … nothing hoity-toity — Louis Auchincloss >
< the way these doctors and profs and preachers put on lugs about being “professional men” — Sinclair Lewis >
4. : lugsail
5. slang : an exaction of money : a political assessment — used in the phrase put the lug on
< put the lug on state employees — Newsweek >
IV. \ˈləg, dial ˈlu̇g\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English (Scots) lugge, perhaps from Middle English luggen, v.
1. Scotland : the earflap of a cap or bonnet
2. now chiefly dialect : ear
< I got ears … first-class lugs — C.B.Kelland >
< a great clout in the lug — J.M.Synge >
3. : something that projects like an ear: as
a. : a projection or handle by which something may be grasped or carried
b. : a projection on a casting to which a bolt or other part may be fitted
c. : a leather loop on a harness saddle through which the shaft passes
d. : a projection or ridge on the rim of a wheel (as of a tractor) or on a rubber tire to increase traction
4. : a small projecting part of a larger member; especially : the part of a windowsill or doorsill that tails into the masonry on each side of the opening
5. : a fitting of copper or brass to which electrical wires are soldered or connected
6. : a rounded nut that covers the end of a bolt (as for holding an automobile wheel in place)
7. lugs plural : a poor grade of tobacco leaves from the lower part of the stem of the plant — compare leaf 1c(4)
8. slang
a. : a heavy clumsy fellow : blockhead, good-for-nothing
< cuff the daylights out of a moronic lug — James Wallace >
b. : an ordinary commonplace person
< walk among the people, just another lug — Stephen Longstreet >
< just another poor lug who'd cracked up and was talking to himself — Scribner's >
V. \ˈləg\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
: lugworm |