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slug

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slug  \Slug\,  n.  [OE.  slugge  slothful,  sluggen  to  be  slothful; 
  cf  LG  slukk  low-spirited,  sad,  E.  slack,  slouch,  D.  slak, 
  slek,  a  snail.] 
  1.  A  drone;  a  slow,  lazy  fellow;  a  sluggard.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  A  hindrance;  an  obstruction.  [Obs.]  --Bacon. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  terrestrial 
  pulmonate  mollusks  belonging  to  Limax  and  several  related 
  genera,  in  which  the  shell  is  either  small  and  concealed 
  in  the  mantle,  or  altogether  wanting.  They  are  closely 
  allied  to  the  land  snails. 
 
  4.  (Zo["o]l.)  Any  smooth,  soft  larva  of  a  sawfly  or  moth 
  which  creeps  like  a  mollusk;  as  the  pear  slug;  rose  slug. 
 
  5.  A  ship  that  sails  slowly.  [Obs.]  --Halliwell. 
 
  His  rendezvous  for  his  fleet,  and  for  all  slugs  to 
  come  to  should  be  between  Calais  and  Dover. 
  --Pepys. 
 
  6.  [Perhaps  a  different  word.]  An  irregularly  shaped  piece  of 
  metal,  used  as  a  missile  for  a  gun. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slug  \Slug\,  v.  i. 
  To  move  slowly;  to  lie  idle.  [Obs.] 
 
  To  slug  in  sloth  and  sensual  delight.  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slug  \Slug\,  v.  t. 
  To  make  sluggish.  [Obs.]  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slug  \Slug\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Slugged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Slugging}.] 
  1.  To  load  with  a  slug  or  slugs;  as  to  slug  a  gun. 
 
  2.  To  strike  heavily.  [Cant  or  Slang] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slug  \Slug\,  v.  i. 
  To  become  reduced  in  diameter,  or  changed  in  shape,  by 
  passing  from  a  larger  to  a  smaller  part  of  the  bore  of  the 
  barrel;  --  said  of  a  bullet  when  fired  from  a  gun,  pistol,  or 
  other  firearm. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slug 
  n  1:  a  projectile  that  is  fired  from  a  gun  [syn:  {bullet}] 
  2:  an  idle  slothful  person  [syn:  {sluggard}] 
  3:  any  of  various  terrestrial  gastropods  having  an  elongated 
  slimy  body  and  no  external  shell 
  v  :  strike  heavily,  esp.  with  the  fist  or  a  bat;  "He  slugged  me 
  so  hard  that  I  passed  out"  [syn:  {slog},  {swig}]




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