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Nog

//nɒɡ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name.
Noun
  1. 1
    A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.

    "Within a wall,[…], we find vertical studs, nogs or blocking, top and bottom plates, perhaps some form of diagonal braces, and many nailed and screwed connections."

  2. 2
    Short for noggin. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of eggnog. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A dark-skinned person; nig-nog. derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
  5. 5
    a wooden block built into a masonry wall so that joinery structure can be nailed to it wordnet
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  1. 6
    One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine. archaic

    "nogs and chocks are used to support the roof where waste material can not conveniently be obtained"

  2. 7
    A kind of strong ale. Norfolk, countable, especially, obsolete, uncountable

    "Walpole laid a quart of nog on't He'd either make a hog or dog on't."

  3. 8
    A Vietnamese person. Australia, dated, ethnic, slur
  4. 9
    a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface wordnet
  5. 10
    A treenail to fasten the shores.
Verb
  1. 1
    to fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork. transitive
  2. 2
    to fasten, as shores, with treenails. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant of knag.

Etymology 2

Variant of knag.

Etymology 3

Shortened from nig-nog.

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