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nog 1

 (nŏg)
n.
1. A wooden block built into a masonry wall to hold nails that support joinery structures.
2. A wooden peg or pin.
[Origin unknown.]

nog 2

 (nŏg)
n.
Eggnog.
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nog

(nɒɡ) or

nogg

n
1. (Brewing) Also called: flip a drink, esp an alcoholic one, containing beaten egg
2. (Brewing) dialect East Anglian strong local beer
[C17 (originally: a strong beer): of obscure origin]

nog

(nɒɡ)
n
1. (Building) a wooden peg or block built into a masonry or brick wall to provide a fixing for nails
2. (Building) short for nogging1
[C17: origin unknown]
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nog1

(nɒg)

n.
1. any beverage made with beaten eggs; eggnog.
2. a strong ale formerly brewed in Norfolk, England.
[1685–95]

nog2

(nɒg)

n.
a block of wood, as one in brickwork providing a hold for nails.
[1605–15; perhaps variant of knag, Middle English knagge fastener, peg]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.nog - a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surfacenog - a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
peg
pin - a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
golf tee, tee - a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
tent peg - a peg driven into the ground to hold a rope supporting a tent
treenail, trenail, trunnel - a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast
2.nog - a wooden block built into a masonry wall so that joinery structure can be nailed to it
block - a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks"
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Mr Crowl immediately went about making himself as comfortable, with Newman Nogg's means, as circumstances would admit of his being made.
Having adopted in its place a dirty cotton nightcap, and groped about in the dark till he found a remnant of candle, he knocked at the partition which divided the two garrets, and inquired, in a loud voice, whether Mr Noggs had a light.
'A nasty night, Mr Noggs!' said the man in the nightcap, stepping in to light his candle.
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