Category:Pugging

Pug"ging, n. Etym: [see pug, v. t.]

1. The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it Plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc.

2. (arch.)

Defn: 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.

Pugging Pug"ging, a.

Defn: thieving. [obs.] Shak.