nogg

American

[nog] / nɒg /

noun

Carpentry.

a shave for shaping dowels and handles.

Etymology

Origin of nogg

Special use of nog ²

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The egg nogg will be more easily digested if sipped slowly while eating a cracker or slice of crisply toasted bread.

From Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" by Edith Thomas

I would prefer calling it an egg nogg; but there is one extra ingredient that disfranchises the egg and in a peculiar way leaves the nogg there in a somewhat embarrassing condition.

From Treading the Narrow Way by R. E. Barrett

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