Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached. [U. S.] — Hawse plug(Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole. — Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7. — Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it. — Plug rod(Steam Eng.) , a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine. — Plug valve(Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet.

Plug
(Plug) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plugged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Plugging ] To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

4. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.

5. (Zoöl.) The lyrie. [Prov. Eng.]

Plucked
(Plucked) a. Having courage and spirit. [R.]

Plucker
(Pluck"er), n.

1. One who, or that which, plucks.

Thou setter up and plucker down of kings.
Shak.

2. A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.

Pluckily
(Pluck"i*ly) adv. In a plucky manner.

Pluckiness
(Pluck"i*ness), n. The quality or state of being plucky.

Pluckless
(Pluck"less), a. Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.

Plucky
(Pluck"y) a. [Compar. Pluckier ; superl. Pluckiest.] Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.

If you're plucky, and not over subject to fright.
Barham.

Pluff
(Pluff) v. t. [Prob. of imitative origin.] To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs. [Scot.]

Pluff
(Pluff), n.

1. A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder. [Scot.]

2. A hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act of using it. [Scot.]

Plug
(Plug) n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. plök, plug, Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.]

1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]

3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]

4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]

5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.
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