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Puck (?), n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. pūki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin.  Cf. Poker a bugbear, Pug.]
    1. (Mediæval Myth.) A celebrated fairy, “the merry wanderer of the night;” -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc.  Shak.

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    He meeteth Puck, whom most men call

    Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. Drayton.

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    2. (Zool.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]

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Pug (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pugging.] [Cf. G. pucken to thump. beat.]

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    1. To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.

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    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.

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Pug, n.
    1. Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.

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    2. A pug mill.

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    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.

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Pug, n. [Corrupted fr. puck. See Puck.]
    1. An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck. [Obs.]  B. Jonson.

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    2. A name for a monkey. [Colloq.]  Addison.

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    3. A name for a fox. [Prov. Eng.]  C. Kingsley.

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    4. An intimate; a crony; a dear one. [Obs.]  Lyly.

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    5. pl. Chaff; the refuse of grain. [Obs.]  Holland.

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    6. A prostitute. [Obs.]  Cotgrave.

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    7. (Zool.) One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.

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    8. (Zool.) Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.

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‖Pug (?), n. [Hind. pag foot.] A footprint; a track; as of a boar. [India]

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