Thesaurus: rug

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1. a. A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.
2. a. 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 potiere, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.
3. a. A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
4. v. t. To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
5. n. floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
6. 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 potière, 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. To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
7. To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.[Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
8. n:100 n. floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)