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noun

• loam or clay mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition without air pockets for making bricks or pottery.

verb (pugs, pugging, pugged)

• 1 (usually as adjective pugged) prepare (clay) by working into a soft condition, typically in a machine with rotating blades.

• 2 (usually as noun pugging) pack (a space, typically the space under a floor) with pug, sawdust, or other material in order to deaden sound.