Bible Dictionaries
Jug

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.

(2):

(v. i.) To nestle or collect together in a covey; - said of quails and partridges.

(3):

(v. t.) To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.

(4):

(v. t.) To commit to jail; to imprison.

(5):

(n.) A prison; a jail; a lockup.

(6):

(n.) A pitcher; a ewer.

(7):

(n.) A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Jug'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​j/jug.html. 1828.