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Nogged vs Nigged - What's the difference?

nogged | nigged |

As a verb nogged

is past tense of nog.

As an adjective nigged is

roughly shaped with a stonecutter's hammer; hammer-dressed.

nogged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (nog)

    • nog

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 1

    Noun

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

    • Verb

    (nogg)
  • to fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.
  • (shipbuilding) to fasten, as shores, with treenails.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Short for noggin.

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Short for eggnog.
  • (obsolete) A kind of strong ale.
    • (Halliwell)

    Etymology 4

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A dark-skinned person; nig-nog.
  • (AU, dated, ethnic slur) A Vietnamese person.

    • Anagrams

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    nigged

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (masonry) Roughly shaped with a stonecutter's hammer; hammer-dressed.
    • (Webster 1913)