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Pugging

Pŭg'ging, n.

noun

[Prov. Ger. puken, pocken, peiken, to steal, thieve.]

The process of mixing and working clay for bricks, &c.
(Arch.) The stuff made of plaster laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, to deaden the sound.

adjective

a. Thieving. [Obs.] The white sheet, bleaching on a hedge, . . . Doth set my pugging tooth on edge. Shak.