brog

See also: bròg, bróg, and Bróg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic brog. Compare brob.

Noun

brog (plural brogs)

1. A pointed instrument, such as a joiner's awl.

Verb

1. (transitive) To prod with a pointed instrument, such as a lance; to prick or pierce.

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2. To broggle.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “brog”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Borg, Grob, borg

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Kriol

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English frog.

Noun

brog

1. frog