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pugging - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun noun architecture , any composition laid under the boards of a floor, or on partition-walls, to prevent the transmission of sound. Also called deadening or deafening.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun noun (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 .adjective obsolete Thieving.
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Examples
In the window is displayed a box of marbles -- glassies, commonies, and a larger browny adapted to the purpose of "pugging ," by reason of the violence with which it seems to respond to the impact of your thumb.
Journeys to Bagdad 1906
St. Marys operates its own licensed landfill, and before it is stored there, Schmidt explained that it is first put through a process known as "pugging " which pellitizes the CKD so that it will not blow around.
Custom Search 2009
"pugging ," and the whole thing -- trough, shaft, and knives -- is a "pug mill."
Diggers in the Earth Eva March Tappan 1892
I think you guys at Inhabitat should do a little research as to the NEW showhouse and not just shamelessly pugging the mkLotus House agian!
ANNOUNCING: West Coast Green 2008! | Inhabitat 2008
The first step of adobe blocks is pugging the clay.
3. Innovative technologies related to the increased utilization of low-energy building materials 1995
Because of the cohesive nature of soils, the pugging of clays could sometimes be a long operation.
3. Innovative technologies related to the increased utilization of low-energy building materials 1995
De-airing treatment improves plasticity and reduces lamination problems, but proper maturing and brief kneading after pugging will do the same.
4. Plastic clay forming 1991
Right away I knew he wasn't your ordinary street hook or low arm, pugging cause they don't have the sense to stick with any kind of job.
Flux Tales of Human Futures Card, Orson Scott 1990
Kneading and pugging brings the clay particles into closer contact, and helps to remove air pockets.
Chapter 8 1990
The pressure tank is the most expensive part, but this cost can be reduced by using a smaller tank, which is then charged twice during one filterpress operation. pugging : The clay is then left to mature in the storage area for at least two weeks in order to improve its plasticity.
Chapter 7 1990
qms commented on the word pugging
The job of enclosing and snugging
Needs patience for doing the pugging,
A good eye and feel
To make clay congeal
And strength for the tedious lugging.
July 11, 2018
qms commented on the word pugging
The Word of the Day definitions for “pugging” omit one that I find intriguing. Both GNU and the CDC suggest “thieving” as a synonym. Although its normal use is as an adjective it works just fine as a noun.
Whenever not smugly flag hugging
He’s giving the gov’mint a mugging.
He’s snug with rich thugs
Who buzz thick like bugs
Engorged with the glut of their pugging.
July 11, 2018