nogged









nogged


noun

  1. a block of wood, as one inserted into brickwork to provide a hold for nails.
  2. any wooden peg, pin, or block.
  3. Also nogging. one of a number of wooden pieces fitted between the principal timbers of a half-timbered wall.

verb (used with object), nogged, nogĀ·ging.

  1. to fill (a framed wall or partition) with small masonry, as bricks or stones.

noun

  1. Also called: flip a drink, esp an alcoholic one, containing beaten egg
  2. East Anglian dialect strong local beer

noun

  1. a wooden peg or block built into a masonry or brick wall to provide a fixing for nails
  2. short for nogging (def. 1)

n.1690s, “old, strong type of beer brewed in Norfolk,” of unknown origin. Cf. eggnog.

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