See Also: inglenook(dictionary)

cog(3) (iou) and inglenook (oh)


cog(3) (iou)



cog noun3. M16.
[Rel. to COG verb2.]
An act or way of cogging at dice. M16-M17.
A small coin. Formerly also gen. (slang) anything used by a trickster to entice a victim. Long obsolete exc. (rare) Jamaican dial. M16.
A deception, a trick, a fraud, an imposture. E-M17.

inglenook (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: ingle 'fire' (16-19 centuries) (from Scottish Gaelic aingeal) + nook]
a seat by the side of a large open fireplace, or the space that it is in