noggin

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noun

Plural noun:

nogginsnaggin

1.
A small mug, cup or ladle; the contents of such a container.
2.
(dated outside dialects) A small measure of spirits equivalent to a gill.
3.
(slang)The head.
4.
(biochemistry) A signalling molecule involved in embryo development, producing large heads at high concentrations.
5.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative form of nogging (“horizontal beam; rough brick masonry”).

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. First use appears c. 1588. Appears in publications in the 1600s (e.g. in The Tincker of Turvey) in several forms including the still-current Irish English form naggin, the rare older Irish, Scottish and Northern English form noggan, used by Jonathan Swift, and the Wexford form nuggeen. Tomás S.