Lug

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Lug or LUG can refer to:

Contents 1 Places 2 Mythology 3 Acronyms 4 Technical terms 5 Other meanings

[edit] Places

• Lug (Beočin), a village in Serbia
• Lug, Germany, a municipality in Germany
• Lug (Tomislavgrad), a Croatian village in Herzegovina.

[edit] Mythology

• Lugus, a god worshipped across the Celtic speaking world in antiquity.
• In Irish mythology, Lug (in later spellings Lugh) was an ancient god.

[edit] Acronyms

• Linux User Group
• Lesbian until graduation
• Lock Up Garage
• LUG is the IATA code for Lugano Airport

[edit] Technical terms

• A lug is a part of a bicycle.
• A lug is a part of drum used in conjunction with tension rods and counter hoops to tension the drum head in relation to the shell.
• Lug handles are a kind of flattened knob attached to the side of pottery. Lugs may have small perforations to take a cord. They are sometimes found on prehistoric ceramics such as Hembury ware, claw beakers, and boar spears.
• A lug is an architectural feature used from the Middle Ages to at least the 17th century to allow listening from remote areas of a building.
• A lug (electrical connector) is a bolt on an enclosure tied to an electric potential within the enclosure, supporting the connection of a cable.
• A lug is a box or basket for vegetables or fruit, with a capacity of 28 to 40 pounds.
• A lug is a unit of measure for linear distance equal to a Rod or ¹⁄₃₂₀ of a statute mile (old English).[1][2]
• Lugging an internal combustion engine is to run it at overly low RPM's for the load being applied to it - potentially damaging the engine in the process.

[edit] Other meanings

• A lug is a deliberately unkind remark.^{[citation needed]}
• Lug is an alternative English word for ear.
• Lug is an alternative English verb meaning "To Carry".
• Lug a large person, who works various labour jobs and drinks a lot of beer.^{[citation needed]}
• Lug or Ear Lugs are the top corners of the front page of a newspaper, on either side of the Header. See: http://www.trentu.ca/org/trentradio/spon/spn_jarg.htm

• Lug is a nickname for Elizabeth Barchi.