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vug

  [vuhg, voog]
–noun Geology.
a small cavity in a rock or vein, often lined with crystals.
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Also, vugg, vugh.

Origin:
1810–20; < Cornish vooga cave; cf. L fovea pit

Related forms:
vuggy, adjective
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vug   (vŭg, vŏŏg)   
n.  A small cavity in a rock or vein, often with a mineral lining of different composition from that of the surrounding rock.

[Cornish vooga.]
vug'gy adj.
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