Category:Plug

Plug, n. Etym: [akin to d. plug, g. pflock, dan. plök, plug, sw. Plugg; cf. W. ploc.]

1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill A hole; a stopple.

2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [u. S.]

3. A high, tapering silk hat. [slang, u.s.]

4. A worthless horse. [slang, u.s.]

5. (building)

Defn: a block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails. Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached. [u. S.] -- Hawse plug (naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole. -- plug and feather. (stone working) see feather, n., 7. -- plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of A point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to Form a counterbore around it. -- plug rod (steam eng.), a rod attached to the beam for working The valves, as in the cornish engine. -- plug valve (mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case like The plug of a faucet.

Plug Plug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Plugging.]

Defn: to stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.