(n): a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
(n): the quantity contained in a jug
(n): the quantity that a container will hold
(v): lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
(v): deprive of freedom; take into confinement
(v): stew in an earthenware jug
(v): cook slowly and for a long time in liquid
An informal name for the Scots pint, equal to about 1.80 U.S. liquid quarts (1.7 liters). Specifically, the jug of Stirling, the actual vessel on display at the Stirling Museum, was the legal standard for Scottish volume measurements before British Imperial units.