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<hw>Luff</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Luffed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Luffing</er>.]</wordforms> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>To luff round</col>, &or; <col>To luff alee</col></mcol>, <cd>to make the extreme of this movement, for the purpose of throwing the ship's head into the wind.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Luf"fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> (<fld>Arch.</fld>) <def>See <er>Louver</er>.</def>

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<hw>Lug</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sw. <ets>lugg</ets> the forelock.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The ear, or its lobe.</def> <mark>[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; <as>as, the <ex>lugs</ex> of a kettle; the <ex>lugs</ex> of a founder's flask; the <ex>lug</ex> (handle) of a jug.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Harness)</fld> <def>The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lugworm.</def>

<cs><col>Lug bolt</col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a bolt terminating in a long, flat extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Lug</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lugged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lugging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>luggen</ets>, Sw. <ets>lugga</ets> to pull by the hair, fr. <ets>lugg</ets> the forelock.]</ety> <def>To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<blockquote>They must divide the image among them, and so <b>lug</b> off every one his share. <i>Collier.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Lug</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To move slowly and heavily.</def>

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<hw>Lug</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of lugging; <as>as, a hard <ex>lug</ex></as>; that which is lugged; <as>as, the pack is a heavy <ex>lug</ex></as>.</def><mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything which moves slowly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ascham.</i>

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<hw>Lug</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A rod or pole.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A measure of length, being 16<frac12/ feet; a rod, pole, or perch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> " Eight <i>lugs</i> of ground."

<i>Spenser.</i>