In the designs and inscriptions of the black transfer-printed ware the Staffordshire potter used his jugs and his mugs as a medium to record events and to ventilate grievances, not in "imperishable verse," but in the fickle body of the clay.
Stoneware, such as the jugs of early type known as Bellarmines, is of very vitreous earthenware fired so hard as to resist acids or the use of a file when applied to the surface.
The claret-jugs coursed round the table with a rapidity that seemed sleight of hand, and few refrained from filling a bumper every time.
Decanters and water-jugs require still more tender treatment in cleaning, inasmuch as they are more costly to replace.
Then let me get into one of these water jugs while you braid the neck.
A day later he came upon two women making water jugs of willow baskets lined with pitch, and he heard one whisper to the other, "Here comes that bad Ta-Vwots.
The clean cloth looked fresh and exciting: jugs of mulled and buttered claret foamed hot upon the refurnished table; and a better or heartier breakfast I never enjoyed in my life.
These jugs are suspended by a cord in some cool place, where the air circulates most freely, a slight percolation constantly taking place from the water inside.
THE SEVEN CREAM JUGS "I suppose we shall never see Wilfred Pigeoncote here now that he has become heir to the baronetcy and to a lot of money," observed Mrs. Peter Pigeoncote regretfully to her husband.
Some of the jugs even make a little honey, which, forming just inside the mouth, attracts insects by its scent.
Each plant has its own shape of jug, and the jugs vary in size a good deal.
But the strange thing about all of them is that the ends of their leaves are shaped like pitchers, or perhaps it would describe them better if we said they were like jugs with lids.
Some are tiny jugs only an inch deep, while others are perhaps twenty inches deep.
If any one were to watch one of these jugs of the pitcher-plant for some time attentively, he would soon find that it served as a trap for flies and insects.
London householders used to send their servants and apprentices, with jugs and pails, to the conduits, to obtain water for daily use; and a great deal of gossiping and quarrelling went on at these places.
The young Irishman had won two demijohns and three jugs of rum from the captain, and he was now playing for the last pint flask the skipper possessed.
There were bags of meal and flour, coffee and tea, and then came the calico and cotton goods, jugs of molasses and a barrel of sugar.
Generous jugs of cream softened the tartness of the black-currant pudding or the green-gooseberry tart.
He was dripping like a river-god, and she, in the attitude of Hebe, pouring on his bare head jugs of well-water.
Women came through the gate and passed down the street with water jugs on their shoulders; men gathered in groups to discuss bits of news; Boaz walked toward the gate and sat waiting for his kinsman.
Many of the water jugs had small handles, though some were without handles.
The water jugs are far from having the beauty of line and proportion which is found in Greek pottery.
We ordered jugs of hot water, and were told that it would be some time before it could be had, as ladies were not in the habit of calling for it before nine in the morning, and as the damper of the kitchen-range was out of order.
These bowls andjugs were skillfully carved from green willow wood.
These jugs held usually about a gallon; but they were made of other sizes also, to hold from a pint to five gallons.
And potters make their jugs of me and you, Pour from this jug some wine, of headache void, And fill your cup, and fill my goblet too!
But this tapering off did not last very long, for the Jamaica was all gone on the second day, and the jugs were tossed overboard.
Those hot-water jugs make me tired," Roger went on as they continued their walk.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jugs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
