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

brog (third-person singular simple present brogs, present participle brogging, simple past and past participle brogged)

  1. (transitive) To prod with a pointed instrument, such as a lance; to prick or pierce.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)
  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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Kriol

Etymology

From English frog.

Noun

brog

  1. frog
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