pluggings
plural of plugging
Source: Wiktionary
Plug"ging, n.
1. The act of stopping with a plug.
2. The material of which a plug or stopple is made.
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)
Definition: 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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Plugging.]
Definition: To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 May 2025
(adjective) of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes; “chemical fertilizer”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
