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lug | lynn |

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lug

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of hauling or dragging.
    • a hard lug
  • That which is hauled or dragged.
    • The pack is a heavy lug .
  • Anything that moves slowly.
    • (Ascham)
  • A lug nut.
  • (electricity) A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure from a screw.
  • A part of something which sticks out, used as a handle or support.
  • A fool, a large man.
  • (UK) An ear or ear lobe.
  • A wood box used for transporting fruit or vegetables.
  • (slang) A request for money, as for political purposes.
    • They put the lug on him at the courthouse.
  • (UK, dialect) A rod or pole.
    • (Wright)
  • (UK, dialect) A measure of length equal to 16½ feet.
  • * Spenser
    • Eight lugs of ground.
  • (nautical) A lugsail.
  • (harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
  • A lugworm.

    • Derived terms

    * (lug nut) lug nut * (large man) big lug * (protruding support) launch lug

    Verb

  • To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry.
    • Why do you always lug around so many books?
  • * Collier
    • They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share.
  • To run at too slow a speed.
    • When driving up a hill, choose a lower gear so you don't lug the engine.
  • (nautical) To carry an excessive amount of sail for the conditions prevailing.

    • Derived terms

    * luggage

    References

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    lynn

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (female name) Lyn, Lynne

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Any of several place names (outside Britain named for persons with the surname).
  • # A town in Alabama.
  • # A town in Arkansas.
  • # A town in Indiana.
  • # A city in Massachusetts.
  • # An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
  • # A town in Wisconsin.
  • # A community in Nova Scotia.
  • usually appearing as a middle name.
  • , popular as a middle name.

    • Quotations

    * 1595 (William Shakespeare), King Henry VI, Part 3, Act IV, Scene V *: King Edward . But whither shall we then? *: Hastings . To Lynn , my lord; and ship from thence to Flanders. * 1989 (Ann Richards), Peter Knobler, Straight from the Heart: My Life in Politics and Other Places , Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0671680730, page 91 *: David's father's name was Leon, and those people who didn't call him Dick called him Lynn'. And I loved my former professor Ralph '''Lynn''', so I named my baby ' Lynn Cecile. * 2007 Susan Richards Shreve, ''Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood at FDR's Polio Haven, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 061865853X, page 67 *: He called me Mary because I had told him my middle name was Mary and I was called by that name at home, although my middle name was Lynn'. But neither Susan or ' Lynn seemed right for a Quaker girl converting to Catholicism. English diminutives of female given names