Pugging

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pugging \Pug"ging\, a.
   Thieving. [Obs.] --Shak.
   [1913 Webster] Puggry

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pug \Pug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pugged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Pugging}.] [Cf. G. pucken to thump. beat.]
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   1. To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery,
      etc.
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   2. To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread
      with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of
      deadening sound. See {Pugging}, 2.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pugging \Pug"ging\, n. [See {Pug}, v. t.]
   1. The act or process of working and tempering clay to make
      it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for
      pottery, etc.
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   2. (Arch.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under
      the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden
      sound; -- in the United States usually called {deafening}.
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