nog

UK: /nɒɡ/ US: (nog)

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nog¹  (nog), n. 

1. Wine any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor;
   eggnog.
2. Wine a strong ale formerly brewed in Norfolk, England.

• origin, originally uncertain 1685–95

nog²  (nog), n., v., nogged, nog•ging. 
n. 

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

v.t. 

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

• perh. variant of knag, Middle English knagge spur, peg 1605–15

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nog, nogg / nɒɡ/ noun

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

Etymology: 17th Century (originally: a strong beer): of obscure origin