DEFINITION
JUG:
• (n.) A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly
and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.
• (n.) A pitcher; a ewer.
• (n.) A prison; a jail; a lockup.
• (v. t.) To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling
water; as, to jug a hare.
• (v. t.) To commit to jail; to imprison.
• (v. i.) To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do,
especially the nightingale.
• (v. i.) To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails
and partridges.