Jug
A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.
A pitcher; a ewer.
A prison; a jail; a lockup.
To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.
To commit to jail; to imprison.
To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.
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Jug Quotations
A jug fills drop by drop.
Buddha
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.
Omar Khayyam
There are many great wine producers from all over the world making fantastic wines. Italian wines especially are making an enormous comeback after sometimes being labeled as inexpensive jug wines.
Rocco DiSpirito
Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
Basil Bunting
A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight.
Delia Smith
The Jug Band was exactly what I wanted to do, and it wasn't my idea.
John Sebastian
A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread-and thou.
Edward Fitzgerald
Jug Translations
jug in Afrikaans is bak, boks, pot
jug in Danish is kande, beholder
jug in Dutch is kruik, kan
jug in German is Krug, Kanne
jug in Italian is orcia, vaso, caraffa, carato
jug in Norwegian is potte, gryte, krukke, mugge
jug in Portuguese is jarro
jug in Spanish is jarro, estuche, jarra, olla
jug in Swedish is kanna, tillbringare, krus
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