Definition of plug

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Plug (n.) Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple..

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Plug :: Plug (n.) A high, tapering silk hat..
Plug :: Plug (n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails..
Top :: Top (n.) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting..
Tamp :: Tamp (v. t.) In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected..
Breech Screw :: Breech screw () A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore..
Valve :: Valve (n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid..
Spigot :: Spigot (n.) A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock..
Cavendish :: Cavendish (n.) Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes..
Minie Ball :: Minie ball () A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel..
Plug :: Plug (v. t.) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
Feather :: Feather (n.) A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone..
Tompion :: Tompion (n.) A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone..
Stopcock :: Stopcock (n.) A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc..
Hydrant :: Hydrant (n.) A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug.
Plugging :: Plugging (n.) The material of which a plug or stopple is made.
Plugger :: Plugger (n.) One who, or that which, plugs..
Tampion :: Tampion (n.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
Plugging :: Plugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plu.
Stope :: Stopcock (n.) The turning plug, stopper, or spigot of a faucet..
Tampon :: Tampon (n.) A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine..
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