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单词 pugging
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puggingn.1

Brit. /ˈpʌɡɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpəɡɪŋ/
Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pug v.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Probably < pug v.2 (although this is first attested slightly later: see pug v.2 2) + -ing suffix1. Compare later pug n.4
1. Composite material used to pack the space between floor joists to provide insulation from sound, etc. Cf. pug v.2 2.
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society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > material for stuffing or filling
flocks1277
capiton1612
padding1640
wattins1690
wadding1734
packing1779
pugging1801
stopping1823
chinking1837
stopper1879
air foam1937
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > floor > [noun] > sound-proofing material between joists
sound-boarding1799
pugging1801
deafening1839
counter-ceiling1859
sound-board1875
1801 in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 295 666-2/3 [yds] Pugging between joists [at] 1/8 28.10.10.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 392 Pugging, the materials composed of bricks and mortar, &c., introduced between the joists of floors, in order to prevent the communication of sound, or to deaden it in the interval from one story to another.
1884 Spons' Mechanic's Own Bk. (1893) 341 A thick layer of old mortar or plaster, known as ‘pugging’.
1972 Gloss. Terms Timber (B.S.I.) 37 Pugging board, a board fixed between joists to carry pugging.
1991 Do It Yourself Feb. 15/2 In older properties the floor structure may be strong enough to allow the use of pugging to improve sound insulation.
2. The action or process of kneading and working clay into a soft, plastic condition for brickmaking, pottery, etc. Cf. pug v.2 4a.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with clay > [noun] > specific processes
wedging1686
puddling1790
pugging1843
1843 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 4 ii. 374 It is requisite that the clay be well washed and sieved before pugging.
1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 171/1 After it has laid a day or two,..it is put into the pugging mill with sand, &c., to be ground into mortar.
1908 C. W. Rolfe et al. Paving Brick & Clays Illinois 148 Some shales require inordinate pugging before they develop sufficient plasticity to permit the production of a perfect bar in the die of the brick machine.
1997 Naše Rodina June 51/2 After pugging, the clay may be stored for aging in ‘clay cellars’.
3. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. The process by which wet earth is trampled into mud by cattle, etc.; the soil condition thus caused; = poaching n.2 2.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > wet place, mire, or slough > miry quality
mirinessa1608
spewiness1653
poachiness1707
pugging1964
1964 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 54 74/1 New Zealand's rain soaked pastures, which suffer from pugging and ‘poaching’.
1973 Massey Ferguson Rev. (N.Z.) Mar.–Apr. 3/1 They have no pugging problems and the beasts winter well on the property.
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).

puggingn.2

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pug v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < pug v.1 + -ing suffix1.
British regional. Obsolete. rare.
The action of pug v.1; pulling, tugging.
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1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 211 Nae thing was prosperin' there and thrivin', But tirlin' roofs and rafter-rivin', And pullin' down and puggin'.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

puggingn.3

Brit. /ˈpʌɡɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpəɡɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pug n.3, -ing suffix1; pug v.3, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Partly < pug n.3 + -ing suffix1, and partly (in later use) < pug v.3 + -ing suffix1.
Anglo-Indian. Now rare.
The action of following pugs or footprints; tracking. Cf. pug v.3
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the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > tracking
investigation1623
spooring1850
pugging1866
the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > following track or trail
tracing1523
investigation1623
vestigation1658
trail1669
trailing1742
spooring1850
pugging1866
1866 J. T. Newall Eastern Hunters 6 You never would take the trouble to learn pugging, though it is so essential an acquirement in wood craft.
1882 E. A. Floyer Unexplored Baluchistan 18 To comment with considerable point on each false move the young man made in his pugging (tracking).
1908 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Scouting for Boys ii. 88 Tracking, or following up tracks, is called by different names in different countries. Thus in South Africa you would talk only of ‘spooring’,..in India it would be..‘pugging’; in America it is ‘trailing’.
1912 T. A. St. Quintin Chances Sports of Sorts vii. 120 Should the tiger have only been wounded..the shikaris..follow up his tracks cautiously, by blood-spots and the imprint of his pugs (‘pugging’).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

puggingadj.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pug v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < pug v.1 + -ing suffix2. Compare puggard n.A derivation from pug v.2 has also been suggested ( W. Skeat in Notes & Queries 10th ser. 6 (1906) 342/2-343/1, 391/1), although this word is first attested considerably later. Perhaps compare English regional (Devon) pug-tooth eye-tooth, canine, if this is literally ‘punching tooth’. In early comments on quot. a1616 sometimes interpreted as a transmission error for prigging (see prigging n., prigging adj.).
Obsolete. rare.
Of uncertain meaning; perhaps: ‘that pulls or tugs, thieving’.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 7 The white sheete bleaching on the hedge,..Doth set my pugging tooth an edge, For a quart of Ale is a dish for a King. View more context for this quotation
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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