Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
jug
(verb) stew in an earthenware jug; “jug the rabbit”
imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
(verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; “The suspects were imprisoned without trial”; “the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
jugged
Having been cooked by jugging.
(slang, in combination) Having a specified kind of jugs (breasts).
jugged
simple past tense and past participle of jug
Source: Wiktionary
Jug, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. Jug, a corruption of, or nickname for, Joanna; cf. 2d Jack, and Jill. See Johannes.]
1. A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.
2. A pitcher; a ewer. [Eng.]
3. A prison; a jail; a lockup. [Slang] Gay.
Jug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Jugging.]
1. To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.
2. To commit to jail; to imprison. [Slang]
Jug, v. i. (Zoöl.)
1. To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
2. To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.