vug

or vugg, vugh

[vuhg, voo g]

noun Geology.

a small cavity in a rock or vein, often lined with crystals.

Origin of vug

1810–20; < Cornish vooga cave; compare Latin fovea pit

Related formsvug·gy, adjective

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Its characteristic of this region that in sinking every now and then you strike a big hole filled with water—a vug, they call it.
Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905
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British Dictionary definitions for vug

vug

vugg or vugh

noun

mining a small cavity in a rock or vein, usually lined with crystals

Derived Formsvuggy or vughy, adjective

Word Origin

C19: from Cornish vooga cave

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Word Origin and History for vug

n.

1818, from Cornish vooga "a cavity in rock; cave, hollow."