rug : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rug	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for rug
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rug n floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) Synonym(s): rug, carpet, carpeting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rug \Rug\, v. t. To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rug \Rug\, n. [Cf. Sw. rugg entanglend hair, ruggig rugged, shaggy, probably akin to E. rough. See {Rough}, a.] 1. A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments. They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine . . . repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs. The mastiffs, . . . deeming he had been a bear, would fain have baited him. --Holinshed. 2. A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a poti[8a]re, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc. 3. A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog. {Rug gown}, a gown made of rug, of or coarse, shaggy cloth. --B. Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turcoman \Tur"coman\, n.; pl. {Turcomans}. 1. A member of a tribe of Turanians inhabiting a region east of the Caspian Sea. 2. A Turcoman carpet. {Turcoman carpet} [or] {rug}, a kind of carpet or rug* supposed to be made by the Turcomans.