单词 | pugged |
释义 | puggedadj.1 Of clay or similar materials: prepared for brickmaking, pottery, etc., by kneading and working into a soft and plastic condition. Of wet ground: trodden or trampled, as by cattle; = poached adj.2 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] > mire mirya1398 mire?1440 fennish1577 spewing1610 mirish1630 poachy1707 poached1793 pugged1843 squoggy1950 1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 348/1 The bricks were all burned in close kilns constructed with soft bricks set in pugged clay. 1881 Daily News 4 June 5/5 The pugged and sticky sheep-folds could not be brought by plough and harrow into anything like suitable mould. 1967 M. Chandler Ceramics in Mod. World i. 26 Modern pug mills are..fitted with a vacuum chamber in which the pugged clay is shredded and the air removed. 2005 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 9 Nov. 30 I didn't like the idea of pugged soils because I had come from Gippsland, where you get a lot of pugging. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). puggedadj.2 Formed like the nose of a pug dog. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > types of nose cammed?c1350 camoisc1380 snatteda1387 camoisedc1515 flat1560 hawked1577 rising1606 simous1634 aquiline1646 Roman1665 snoutya1685 suspense1697 rhinocerical1710 rhinocerotic1755 Bardolphian1756 cock-up1763 bridgeless1772 retroussé1802 snubbed1802 snubbish1828 snubby1828 snipish1834 snub1843 pugged1847 puggisha1849 tip-tilted1872 saddleback1897 beak-sharp1933 spitzy1968 1847 H. Melville Omoo xx With a viciously pugged nose. 1875 E. A. B. R. Lewis Sappho i. i. 16 His nose large, pugged, and winey. 1940 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 21 July (Mag.) 3/4 Alice was a cute little girl even if her nose was pugged and blanketed in freckles. 1959 Deming (New Mexico) Headlight 14 May 1/1 There will be no more little puppies to find good homes, for free, 'cause..they just might have slightly pugged noses. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 338/2 Physical description:..Pugged nose with nostrils pointing upward. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11843adj.21847 |
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