PLUGS

Noun

plugs

plural of plug

Verb

plugs

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plug

Anagrams

• gulps

Source: Wiktionary


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)

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



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