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Slugs
Slugs Slugs, n. pl. (Mining)
Half-roasted ore.
Slug
Slug Slug, n. [OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful;
cf. LG. slukk low-spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak,
slek, a snail.]
1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. --Shak.
2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] --Bacon.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial
pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related
genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed
in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely
allied to the land snails.
4. (Zo["o]l.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth
which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.
5. A ship that sails slowly. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to
come to, should be between Calais and Dover.
--Pepys.
6. [Perhaps a different word.] An irregularly shaped piece of
metal, used as a missile for a gun.
Slug
Slug Slug, v. i.
To move slowly; to lie idle. [Obs.]
To slug in sloth and sensual delight. --Spenser.
Slug
Slug Slug, v. t.
To make sluggish. [Obs.] --Milton.
SlugSlug Slug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slugged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slugging.]
1. To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun.
2. To strike heavily. [Cant or Slang] Slug
Slug Slug, v. i.
To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by
passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the
barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or
other firearm.
Meaning of Slugs from wikipedia
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reduced s****, or only a
small internal s****,
particularly sea
slugs and semi-
slugs (this is in
contrast to the
common name snail,
which applies to gastropods...
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Banana slugs (Ariolimax) are a
genus of air-breathing,
terrestrial gastropod slugs in the
family Ariolimacidae.
Their often yellow color and elongated...
- more
accurate and effective.
Modern slugs emerged as a way of
improving on the
accuracy of
round balls.
Early slugs were
heavier in
front than in the rear...
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comprises snails and
slugs from sal****er, freshwater, and from the land.
There are many
thousands of
species of sea
snails and
slugs, as well as freshwater...
- up
slug or
slugs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
slug is a
gastropod mollusk without a s**** or with a very
small internal s****.
Slug or
slugs may...
- Sea
slug is a
common name for some
marine invertebrates with
varying levels of
resemblance to
terrestrial slugs. Most
creatures known as sea
slugs are...
- hitchhiking. A
driver picks up
these non-paying p****engers (known as "
slugs" or "
sluggers") at key locations, as
having these additional p****engers
means that...
- "biggest
slug"),
known by the
common names great grey
slug and
leopard slug, is a
species of
slug in the
family Limacidae, the
keeled slugs. It is among...
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Slugs, also
referred to as
Slugs: The
Movie (Spanish:
Slugs,
Muerte Viscosa, lit. "
Slugs,
Slimy Death") is a 1988 English-language
Spanish natural horror...
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family Arionidae, the
round back
slugs. Many land
slugs lack
external s****,
having a
vestigial s****. Most
slugs retain a
remnant of
their s****, which...
