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Meaning of DUG

Pronunciation:  dug

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 Definition: [n]  an udder or breast or teat
 
 See Also: female mammal, mamma, mammary gland

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Dug\, n. [Akin to Sw. d["a]gga to suckle (a child), Dan.
    d[ae]gge, and prob. to Goth. daddjan. ???.]
    A teat, pap, or nipple; -- formerly that of a human mother,
    now that of a cow or other beast.
    
          With mother's dug between its lips.      --Shak.
    
    
  2. \Dug\, imp. & p. p.
    of {Dig}.
    
    
 

 

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