Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:42 AM 3/14/98 -0500, you wrote: >Marc James Small wrote: >>=20 >Snip >>=20 >> BLOODY HELL: PRAY, LUGGER'S: AVOID ACRONYMS! >>=20 >> Marc > >What's a LUG? ;) > >Carl >=20 I thought you would never ask... Main Entry: lug Function: verb Inflected Form(s): lugged; lug=B7ging Etymology: Middle English luggen to pull by the hair or ear, drag, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian lugga to pull by the hair Date: 14th century transitive senses 1 : DRAG, PULL 2 : to carry laboriously 3 : to introduce in a forced manner <lugs my name into the argument> intransitive senses 1 : to pull with effort : TUG 2 : to move heavily or by jerks <the car lugs on hills> 3 of a racehorse : to swerve from the course toward or away from the inside rail=20 You know, what we do with Leicas... Jim