Nag
A horse. This is an example of n of the article joined
to the following noun, as in the word newt = an ewt. (Danish and
Norwegian, og; Anglo-Saxon, eoh or eh; Latin, eq[uus]; Dutch, negge.) Taylor (1630) has naggon,
as-
Wert thou George with thy naggon,
That foughtest with the draggon.
Shakespeare's naunt and nuncle are mine-aunt and
mine-uncle.
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