JUG

noun a pitcher; a ewer.

2. jug ·noun a prison; a jail; a lockup.

3. jug ·vt to commit to jail; to imprison.

4. jug ·vi to nestle or collect together in a covey;

— said of quails and partridges.

5. jug ·vt to seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.

6. jug ·vi to utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.

7. jug ·noun a vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.