or nog, knoggin, subs. (old).—1. A small measure of spirits; a GO (q.v.).—B. E. (c. 1696).
1719. SWIFT, To Dr. Sheridan, 14 Dec. For all your colloguing, I’d be glad of a KNOGGIN.
1789. G. PARKER, Life’s Painter, 154, s.v.
1860. GASKELL, Sylvia’s Lovers, XXIV. The sergeant … brought up his own mug of beer, into which a NOGGIN of gin had been put.
2. (old).—A mug.
1635. HEYWOOD, Philocothonista; or, The Drunkard, Opened, Dissected, and Anatomized, 45. Mazers, broad-mouth’d dishes, NOGGINS, whiskins, Piggins, etc.
c. 1720. The Virgin Sacrifice, Song [FARMER, Merry Songs and Ballads (1897), iii. 221].
| When merrily Jogging, | |
| Home to the Brown NOGGIN. |
c. 1816. Old Song, ‘The Night before Larry Was Stretched’ [FARMER, Musa Pedestris (1896), 79].
| ‘’Pon my conscience, dear Larry,’ says I, | |
| ‘I’m sorry to see you in trouble, | |
| And your life’s cheerful NOGGIN run dry.’ |
1818. LADY MORGAN, Florence Macarthy (1819), I. iii. 161. Repeatedly drank from a NOGGIN of water beside him.
1833–34. CARLYLE, Sartor Resartus, 196. The furniture of this caravansera consisted of a large iron Pot, two oaken Tables, two Benches, two Chairs, and a Potheen NOGGIN.
3. (old).—The head: see CRUMPET.
