brog
A pointed instrument, such as a joiner's awl.
Noun obsolete
- A pointed instrument, such as a joiner's awl.
Origin
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic bròg. Compare brob.
Forms
Noun alt of, pronunciation spelling
- Pronunciation spelling of brogue
Forms
Verb
- To prod with a pointed instrument, such as a lance; to prick or pierce.
- D'ye think I was born to sit here brogging an elshin through bend-leather, when sic men as Duncan Forbes, and that other Arniston chield there, without muckle greater parts, if the close-head speak true, than mysell,...
- the stony-hearted villains were brogging them on wi' their lances! - 1820 March, [Walter Scott], The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and...
Synonyms: broggle