nogs

Noun (1)

nog (plural nogs)

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.2014, Andrew Charleson, Structure As Architecture
2. (archaic) One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine.
   • nogs and chocks are used to support the roof where waste material can not conveniently be obtained1903, Gases Met with in Mines
3. A treenail to fasten the shores.

Noun (2)

nog (countable and uncountable, plural nogs)

1. (Norfolk, especially, 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

Noun (3)

nog (plural nogs)

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

   Synonyms:

   noggie

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