Lug

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Lug or LUG can refer to:

Places

• Lug (Tomislavgrad), a Croatian village in Herzegovina
• Lug, Bilje, a settlement in Croatian Baranja
• Lug, Germany, a municipality in Germany
• Ług, Łódź Voivodeship, a village in Poland
• Lug (Beočin), a village in Serbia

Mythology

• Lug (deity), later spelled Lugh, an ancient god in Irish mythology

Acronyms

• Last Unicorn Games
• LEGO Users Group
• Lesbian until graduation
• Linux User Group
• Lugano Airport (IATA Airport Code)

Technical terms

• A lug sail is a four sided sail bent to a yard which is slung at about a third of its length from forward. It gives its name to the sailing craft lugger.
• 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 a protrusion from the case of a wristwatch to which the strap or bracelet attaches, usually by means of spring pins that bridge pairs of lugs at the upper and lower sides of a watch's case.
• 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 unit of measure for linear distance equal to a Rod or ¹⁄₃₂₀ of a statute mile (old English).[1][2]
• A lug is a useless object, animal, or person; an insult.
• 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.

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