Note 19 — Chapter VI · LAND-MEASURES
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Whence the term ‘lug’ = rod? I venture a derivation:
1. Lug, the ear.
2. Luggie (Sc.), a milking vessel with handles or lugs.
3. Lug, lugge, of land, that can be metely sown with a luggie of seed-corn.
4. Lug, the rod-length of the lug of land.
5. Lug, a rod, as for ‘waling’ fruit trees.