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   Lug (lŭg), n. [Sw. lugg the forelock.]
   1. The ear, or its lobe. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
   
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   2. That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, “the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.”
   
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   3. (Mach.) A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.
   
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   4. (Harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
   
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   5. (Zool.) The lugworm.
   
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   6. A man; sometimes implying clumsiness. [slang]
   
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   Lug bolt (Mach.), a bolt terminating in a long, flat extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt. -- Lug nut (Mach.), a large nut fitting a heavy bolt; -- used especially of the nuts used to attach wheels to vehicles. -- Lug wrench (Mach.), a wrench used to tighten or loosen lug nuts, usually a steel rod having a hexagonally shaped socket which fits closely over the lug nut; sometimes in the shape of a cross, having several such sockets, one at the end of each arm, to accommodate nuts of different sizes.
   
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   Lug, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lugged (lŭgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lugging (lŭggĭng).] [OE. luggen, Sw. lugga to pull by the hair, fr. lugg the forelock.] To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome.  Dryden.
   
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   They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share. Collier.
   
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   Lug, v. i. To move slowly and heavily.
   
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   Lug, n.
   1. The act of lugging; as, “a hard lug”; that which is lugged; as, “the pack is a heavy lug”. [Colloq.]
   
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   2. Anything which moves slowly. [Obs.]  Ascham.
   
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   Lug, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
   1. A rod or pole. [Prov. Eng.]  Wright.
   
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   2. A measure of length, being 16½ feet; a rod, pole, or perch. [Obs.] “ Eight lugs of ground.”  Spenser.
   
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   Chimney lug, or Lug pole, a pole on which a kettle is hung over the fire, either in a chimney or in the open air. [Local, U.S.]  Whittier.
   
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