an informal name for the Scots pint, a unit of volume equal to about 1.80 U.S. liquid quarts or 1.70 liters. Specifically, the jug of Stirling is the actual vessel (on display at the Stirling Museum) which was the legal standard for Scottish volume measurements prior to the introduction of the British Imperial units.
Think of a Liverpool jug. A vessel of baluster or other turned form with a strap handle opposite a V-notch cut-in pouring. American dealers and collectors refer to these shapes as pitchers.
stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit"
A bulbous, handled vessel with a cylindrical neck, with or without a spout, used for drinking or serving liquids.
A pitcher with straight sides and flat bottom. It may or may not have an ice-lip, meaning a curved-in pouring lip edge to keep ice cubes from falling into the glass.
a stew made of game meat, particularly hare - jugged hare. The blood of the animal is used in the stew and it is cooked in a jug or an earthenware pot.
A jug is a type of container for liquid. It has an opening, often narrow, from which to pour or drink, and nearly always has some kind of handle. One could imagine a jug being made from nearly any watertight material, but most jugs throughout history have been made from clay, glass, or plastic.