Jug | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Jŭg, n.

noun

n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. cuach, bowl, cup, pail, W. cunnawg, a pail, pitcher, A-S. ceac, a basin, cup, pitcher.]

Sense 1. A vessel, usually earthen, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth; any earthen vessel employed to hold liquors; a large earthen or stone bottle.

Sense 2. A large drinking vessel, swelling or protuberant in the middle; a pitcher; a ewer. [Eng.]

“You would like some hot water, wouldn’t you?” said Miss Jellyby, looking round for a jug with a handle to it, but in vain. Dickens.

Sense 3. A sound resembling this word, uttered by certain birds, especially the nightingale. Gascoigne.

Sense 4. A prison; a jail. [Colloq. and low.]

Jŭg, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To boil or stew, as in a jug; as, jugged hare, a dish prepared by stewing a hare, cut in pieces, with wine and other flavorings.

To crowd or nestle closely together. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
To commit to jail; to incarcerate; to imprison. [Colloq. and low.]

Jŭg, v. i.

verbintransitive

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