"jug" Definition

Definitions for the word "jug" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A pitcher; a ewer.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A prison; a jail; a lockup.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To commit to jail; to imprison.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
1 deep vessel for liquids, with a handle and a lip for pouring. 2 contents of this. 3 slang prison. v. (-gg-) (usu. As jugged adj.) Stew or boil (esp. Hare) in a casserole etc. jugful n. (pl. -s). [origin uncertain]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
9. slang
a prison of any kind. Contraction of “stone jug.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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