nog

noun

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. (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 obtained”

3. A treenail to fasten the shores.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of)Short for noggin.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Abbreviation of eggnog.
6. (Norfolk, countable, especially, obsolete, uncountable)A kind of strong ale.

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

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

verb

1. (transitive)to fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.
2. (transitive)to fasten, as shores, with treenails.

name

1. A male given name.