nog
Etymology 1
noun
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(carpentry) A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork. -
(carpentry) One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine. -
(shipbuilding) A treenail to fasten the shores.
verb
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(transitive) to fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork. -
(transitive, shipbuilding) to fasten, as shores, with treenails.
Etymology 2
noun
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Short for noggin.
Etymology 3
noun
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Abbreviation of eggnog. -
(obsolete) A kind of strong ale. Walpole laid a quart of nog on't He'd either make a hog or dog on't. 1723, Jonathan Swift, Upon the Horrid Plot discovered by Harlequin
Etymology 4
Shortened from nig-nog.
noun
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(offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A dark-skinned person; nig-nog. -
(Australia, dated, ethnic slur) A Vietnamese person.
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