nog

Etymology 1

noun

  1. (carpentry) A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
  2. (carpentry) One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine.
  3. (shipbuilding) A treenail to fasten the shores.

verb

  1. (transitive) to fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.
  2. (transitive, shipbuilding) to fasten, as shores, with treenails.

Etymology 2

noun

  1. Short for noggin.

Etymology 3

noun

  1. Abbreviation of eggnog.
  2. (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

  1. (offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A dark-skinned person; nig-nog.
  2. (Australia, dated, ethnic slur) A Vietnamese person.

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