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slug(5)(dictionary)
slug(6)(dictionary)
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slug 1, noun(dictionary)
slug 2, verb(dictionary)

slug(2) (iou)



slug noun2. E17.
[Perh. same word as SLUG noun1.]
A piece of lead etc. for firing from a gun; a bullet. E17.
Listener The pain of heavy .45 slugs ripping into my flesh.
a. A drink of spirits etc.; a dram. M18.
W. Boyd He poured a slug of brandy into his coffee.
b. A compact moving mass of liquid or semi-liquid material. M20.
The stunted horn of an animal (more fully slug-horn). Also, the core of an animal's horn. E19.
a. A heavy, usu. rounded, piece of crude metal; a nugget (of gold). M19.
b. gen. A thick piece or lump of some material; a (usu. large) portion or amount. M19.
G. Benford He chewed on a hemp slug. Times The management..disposed of a large slug of its assets.
US.
a. A heavy gold piece privately coined in California in 1849 and subsequently prohibited. M19.
b. A dollar; a counterfeit coin; a token. slang. L19.
a. Printing. (A strip of type-metal containing) a line of characters produced by a Linotype machine. L19.
b. Journalism. An identifying title accompanying a news story in draft and galleys. Also slug-line. E20.
a. Electricity. A metal cylinder fitted round the end of the core of an electromagnetic relay to modify the speeds of opening and closing. Cf. SLEEVE noun 4b. E20.
b. Electricity. An adjustable magnetic core used to vary the inductance of a coil containing it. Chiefly in slug tuning. M20.
c. Nuclear Physics. A rod or bar of nuclear fuel. M20.
Engineering. A unit of mass equal to 32.1740 lb (approx. 14.594 kg), being the mass of a body which accelerates at one foot per second per second when acted on by one pound force. Now rare or Hist. E20.
Comb.: slug-horn: see sense 3 above; slug-line: see sense 6b above; slug-setting Printing a method of setting an entire line of type on a single slug.