Lug

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A rod or pole.

II. Lug ·noun The ear, or its lobe.

III. Lug ·noun Anything which moves slowly.

IV. Lug ·vi To move slowly and heavily.

V. Lug ·noun The Lugworm.

VI. Lug ·noun The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.

VII. Lug ·noun A measure of length, being 16/ feet; a rod, pole, or perch.

VIII. Lug ·noun The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.

IX. Lug ·vi To pull with force; to Haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome.

X. Lug ·noun 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.

XI. Lug ·noun 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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