Pug

n. 1. Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pug mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pug mill, a kind of mill for grinding and mixing clay, either for brickmaking or the fine arts; a clay mill. It consists essentially of an upright shaft armed with projecting knives, which is caused to revolve in a hollow cylinder, tub, or vat, in which the clay is placed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pugged p. pr. & vb. n. Pugging. ] [ Cf. G. pucken to thump. beat. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind. pag foot. ] A footprint; a track; as of a boar. [ India ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Puggry. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To pucker. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Puckered. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pug, v. t. ] 1. The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening. [ 1913 Webster ]