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pug

2  [puhg]
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–verb (used with object), pugged, pug⋅ging.
1. to knead (clay or the like) with water to make it plastic, as for brickmaking.
2. to fill or stop with clay or the like.
3. to pack or cover with mortar or the like, as to deaden sound.
4. to mix with water so as to form a paste.
Origin:
1800–10; orig. uncert.

pug

4  [puhg] noun, verb, pugged, pug⋅ging.
–noun
1. Also called pugmark. a footprint, esp. of a game animal.
–verb (used with object)
2. to track (esp. game) by following footprints or another spoor.
Origin:
1860–65; < Hindi pag footprint
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pug 2   (pŭg)   
n.  

  1. Clay ground and kneaded with water into a plastic consistency for forming bricks or pottery.

  2. A machine for grinding and mixing clay.

tr.v.   pugged, pug·ging, pugs

  1. To work or knead (clay) with water.

  2. To fill in with clay or mortar.

  3. To make soundproof by covering or packing with clay, mortar, sawdust, or felt.


[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

pug 
1566, general term of endearment, probably related to puck (2); one of the earliest senses is "sprite, imp" (1616). The sense of "miniature dog" is from 1749; that of "monkey" is 1664. The word at various times meant "a bargeman" (1591), "a harlot" (c.1600), and "an upper servant in a great house" (1847). Pug-nose is from 1778, based on similarity to either the monkey or the dog.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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