The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brog \Brog\ (br[o^]g), n. [Gael. Cf. Brob.] A pointed instrument, as a joiner's awl, a brad awl, a needle, or a small sharp stick.
Brog \Brog\, v. t.
To prod with a pointed instrument, as a lance; also, to
broggle. [Scot. & Prov.]
--Sir W. Scott.
Wiktionary
n. A pointed instrument, such as a joiner's awl. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To prod with a pointed instrument, such as a lance; to prick or pierce. 2 To broggle.
Wikipedia
The name Brog may refer to the following people:
- David Brog, American writer and activist
- Ehud Barak (born Ehud Brog), Israeli politician
- BROG, acronym for the (We)blog Research on Genre project
Usage examples of "brog".
Normally the clan forge was kept busy through the night, and although Brog Widdie, master smith and exiled Dhoonesman, would allow no man without an oath to work with hot iron, unsworn smiths and wireworkers would be busy socketing arrowheads and riveting coats of mail.
In those days the border between Eldidd and the lands of the Westfolk lay unmarked for most of its length, but down at the seacoast stood a stream called Y Brog, the Badger, and upon it, the westernmost human settlement, a town called Cannobaen.
The town of Cannobaen lay nestled around a small harbor in a break in the cliffs, where the Brog, a stream that only qualified as a river in the winter, came to the sea.