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vug (vug, voog) noun

A small cavity in a rock, often lined with crystals of a different mineral.

[From Cornish vooga cave.]

"`Hey, it's a big mountain,' he said. `It's not a question of IF there's another vug. The question is, will we find it?'" Steven Saint, CC&V Mine Digs Deep, The Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph Aug 14, 2000.

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