\Pug\, n. [Hind. pag foot.]
A footprint; a track; as of a boar. [India]

\Pug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pugged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pugging}.] [Cf. G. pucken to thump. beat.]
1. To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery,
   etc.
2. To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread
   with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of
   deadening sound. See {Pugging}, 2.

\Pug\, n.
1. Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be
   plastic.
2. A pug mill.
{Pug mill}, a kind of mill for grinding and mixing clay,
   either for brickmaking or the fine arts; a clay mill. It
   consists essentially of an upright shaft armed with
   projecting knives, which is caused to revolve in a hollow
   cylinder, tub, or vat, in which the clay is placed.

\Pug\, n. [Corrupted fr. puck. See {Puck}.]
1. An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as {Puck}. [Obs.] --B.
   Jonson.
2. A name for a monkey. [Colloq.] --Addison.
3. A name for a fox. [Prov. Eng.] --C. Kingsley.
4. An intimate; a crony; a dear one. [Obs.] --Lyly.
5. pl. Chaff; the refuse of grain. [Obs.] --Holland.
6. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
7. (Zo["o]l.) One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short
   nose and head; a pug dog.
8. (Zo["o]l.) Any geometrid moth of the genus {Eupithecia}.