Definition
• | A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side. |
• | A pitcher; a ewer. |
• | A prison; a jail; a lockup. |
• | To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare. |
• | To commit to jail; to imprison. |
• | To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale. |
• | To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges. |