Bulldog
The Bulldog, also known as the British Bulldog or English Bulldog, is a medium-sized breed of dog. It is a muscular, hefty dog with a wrinkled face and a distinctive pushed-in nose. The American Kennel Club (US), The Kennel Club (UK), and the United Kennel Club (US) oversee breeding records. Bulldogs are popular pets; they were the fourth most popular purebreed in the US in 2016 according to the American Kennel Club.Bulldogs have a longstanding association with English culture, as the BBC wrote: “to many the Bulldog is a national icon, symbolising pluck and determination.” During World War II, Bulldogs were often likened to Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his defiance of Nazi Germany. When the English settled in the Americas, their Bulldogs came with them. A few dedicated bulldog fanciers formed the Bulldog Club of America in 1890 and it was incorporated under the laws of the State of New York on November 29, 1904.
Pug
The pug is a breed of dog with physically distinctive features of a wrinkly, short-muzzled face, and curled tail. The breed has a fine, glossy coat that comes in a variety of colours, most often fawn or black, and a compact square body with well-developed muscles.
Pugs were brought from China to Europe in the sixteenth century and were popularized in Western Europe by the House of Orange of the Netherlands, and the House of Stuart. In the United Kingdom, in the nineteenth century, Queen Victoria developed a passion for pugs which she passed on to other members of the Royal family.
Pugs are known for being sociable and gentle companion dogs. The American Kennel Club describes the breed’s personality as “even-tempered and charming”. Pugs remain popular into the twenty-first century, with some famous celebrity owners. A pug was judged Best in Show at the World Dog Show in 2004.
Bulldog (noun)
A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies companion dog. Having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs and smaller hind legs.
Bulldog (noun)
British bulldog
Bulldog (noun)
A stubborn person.
Bulldog (noun)
A calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
Bulldog (noun)
One of the proctors’ officers.
Bulldog (noun)
Any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent’s head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent’s face into the mat.
Bulldog (noun)
A bulldog edition.
Bulldog (verb)
To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).
Pug (noun)
A bargeman. from the 16th c
Pug (noun)
A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. from the 18th c
“Chinese pug|Dutch bulldog|Dutch mastiff|mini mastiff|mops|carlin|pugdog”
Pug (noun)
chaff; the refuse of grain
Pug (noun)
Any geometrid moth of the genus noshow=1.
Pug (noun)
An elf or hobgoblin.
Pug (noun)
An upper servant in a great house. from the 19th c
Pug (noun)
A harlot; a prostitute. circa 1600
Pug (noun)
One who fights with fists; a boxer
Pug (noun)
Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)
Pug (noun)
A pug mill.
Pug (noun)
The pawprint / footprint of an animal
Pug (noun)
A term of endearment.from the 16th c
Pug (verb)
To mix and stir when wet.
“to pug clay for bricks or pottery”
Pug (verb)
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.
Pug (noun)
a dog of a dwarf breed like a bulldog with a broad flat nose and deeply wrinkled face.
Pug (noun)
a small, slender moth which rests with its wings stretched out to the sides.
Pug (noun)
pugged clay.
Pug (noun)
a boxer
“a come-from-nowhere pug gets a shot at the heavyweight title”
Pug (noun)
the footprint of an animal
“I saw the pug marks of the tigress in the soft earth”
Pug (verb)
work (clay) into a soft, plastic condition suitable for making bricks or pottery, without air pockets
“bricks set in pugged clay”
Pug (verb)
pack (a space) with pug, sawdust, or other material in order to deaden sound
“old-fashioned pugging with dry sand cannot be carried out”
Pug (verb)
track (an animal) by its footprints.