Jug

[Jug]

Many people buy their milk in a jug, a large container with a handle and a small opening at the top.

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A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.

Noun
a large bottle with a narrow mouth

Noun
the quantity contained in a jug

Verb
stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit"

Verb
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"


n.
A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.

n.
A pitcher; a ewer.

n.
A prison; a jail; a lockup.

v. t.
To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.

v. t.
To commit to jail; to imprison.

v. i.
To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.

v. i.
To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.


Jug

Jug , n. [Prob. fr. Jug, a corruption of, or nickname for, Joanna; cf. 2d Jack, and Jill. See Johannes.] 1. A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side. 2. A pitcher; a ewer. [Eng.] 3. A prison; a jail; a lockup. [Slang] Gay.

Jug

Jug , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jugged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jugging .] 1. To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare. 2. To commit to jail; to imprison. [Slang]

Jug

Jug, v. i. (Zo'94l.) 1. To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale. 2. To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.

A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.

To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.

To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.

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