[f. JUG sb.2]
† 1. intr. To use a jug; to drink. Obs.
1681. W. Robertson, Phraseol. Gen. (1693), 781. Be jugging or jogging: Aut bibe, aut abi.
2. trans. (Cookery.) To stew or boil in a jug or jar (esp. a hare or rabbit).
1747. [see JUGGED below].
1769. Mrs. Raffald, Eng. Housekpr. (1778), 135. To jug a Hare.
1868. Browning, Ring & Bk., VIII. 1386. Gigia can jug a rabbit well enough.
1898. J. Arch, Story of Life, vii. 160. If I could catch that hare … I would carry him home and jug him.
3. slang. To shut up in jail; to imprison. (Cf. JUG sb.2 2.) Also transf. To confine.
1841. Catlin, N. Amer. Ind. (1844), II. xxxv. 36. The poor fellow was soon jugged up.
1877. Lowell, Lett., II. viii. 230. I have been there every day except when I was jugged with the gout.
1890. ‘R. Boldrewood,’ Robbery under Arms, 166. I’m not going to be jugged again, not if I know it.
Hence Jugged ppl. a., esp. in jugged hare; Jugging vbl. sb.
1747. Mrs. Glasse, Cookery, 50. A jugged Hare. Cut it in little pieces,… put them into an earthen Jugg,… cover the Jugg or Jar you do it in, so close that nothing can get in, then set it in a Pot of boiling water.
1809. Malkin, Gil Blas, X. iii. ¶ 10. The second course consisted of pigs’ ears, jugged game, and chocolate cream.
a. 1834. Lamb, Lett., xviii. Th. Pres. Game 176. A hare to be truly palated must be roasted. Jugging sophisticates her.
1893. Chicago Advance, 31 Aug. A little discreet gagging, followed by jugging if necessary.
