Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Heavy napped cloth for making rugs, wrapping blankets, etc.
- noun A coarse cloth used for the body of horse-boots.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A coarse kind of woolen cloth, used for wrapping, blanketing, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A coarse woollen
cloth used for makingrugs ,blankets etc. - noun The manufacture of rugs.
Etymologies
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Examples
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By the way, isn't it lovely to be rugging up under umbrellas again!
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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During the good old times of rugging and riving, (that is, tugging and tearing,) under which term the disorderly doings of the warlike age are affectionately remembered, this valley was principally cultivated by the sept or clan of the Armstrongs.
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By the way, isn't it lovely to be rugging up under umbrellas again!
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During the good old times of rugging and riving, (that is, tugging and tearing,) under which term the disorderly doings of the warlike age are affectionately remembered, this valley was principally cultivated by the sept or clan of the Armstrongs.
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Everybody who jumped felt the rugging in their parachutes down to 1500-2000 ft, and luckily nobody had too much turbulence - all came down in one whole piece.
No skydiving this weekend either :-( skydiving 2007
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I dream of white christmas', curling up in front of a warm fire and rugging up in a warm jacket.......
Thursday Thirteen #11 Teena in Toronto 2007
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He had a bad several minutes rugging and pulling the saddle back into position and redoing some of the harness, all the while conscious of more precious time slipping by.
Dragons Of A Lost Star Weis, Margaret 2001
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Par-Salian smiled, a small rugging at the corners of his mouth.
Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000
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He sat on a comfortable couch with a sigh, rugging himself up a little more warmly in his toga because the room was cold, and let the servant girl nicknamed Bithy remove his winter boots.
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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Elizabeth closed her eyes against the rioting feelings rugging at her senses.
Gentle Warrior Garwood, Julie 1985
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