nuggern.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɡə/, U.S.

/ˈnəɡər/

Forms: 1800s negger, 1800s noggur, 1800s nuggur, 1800s– nuggar, 1800s– nugger, 1900s– nuggah.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Arabic nuqur, naqā'ir.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably < Arabic nuqur, plural of naqīr or naqā'ir, plural of naqīra, both in similar senses.

A type of large, broad-beamed boat used on the upper Nile, usually to carry cargo.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels from specific country or region > [noun] > types of regional vessel > on the Nile

cangia1715

nugger1869

gaiassa1906

1869 J. Petherick Trav. in Afr. I. 322 The reis of our nugger came overland to the ‘Kathleen’.

1870 S. W. Baker Ismailïa (1874) I. 173 We were hailed..within the Bahr Giraffe, by two noggurs (vessels) in distress.

1875 C. G. Gordon in Col. Gordon in Central Afr. (1881) 91 We have taken nuggars down the Western Passage.

1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 109 We brought two battalions up with us in nuggurs.

1916 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 720/1 That river trip from Halfa to Shellal..survives in memory as an unchanging panorama of red banks, camels, sakiehs, nuggers floating downstream.

1938 Antiquity 12 355 In common with the ordinary type of sailing nuggar trading on the Upper Nile..the skin planking of the Blue Nile outrigger-nuggar consists of short lengths roughly hewn from the trunks of the thorny sant tree.

1994 T. C. Gillmer Hist. Working Watercraft (ed. 2) iv. 139/1 This sail can still be seen today above the second cataract of the Nile on a boat type called a nugger. This rig is also known as the ‘nugger lug.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nugger
释义	nuggern. Brit. /ˈnʌɡə/, U.S. /ˈnəɡər/ Forms: 1800s negger, 1800s noggur, 1800s nuggur, 1800s– nuggar, 1800s– nugger, 1900s– nuggah. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Arabic nuqur, naqā'ir. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably < Arabic nuqur, plural of naqīr or naqā'ir, plural of naqīra, both in similar senses. A type of large, broad-beamed boat used on the upper Nile, usually to carry cargo. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels from specific country or region > [noun] > types of regional vessel > on the Nile cangia1715 nugger1869 gaiassa1906 1869 J. Petherick Trav. in Afr. I. 322 The reis of our nugger came overland to the ‘Kathleen’. 1870 S. W. Baker Ismailïa (1874) I. 173 We were hailed..within the Bahr Giraffe, by two noggurs (vessels) in distress. 1875 C. G. Gordon in Col. Gordon in Central Afr. (1881) 91 We have taken nuggars down the Western Passage. 1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 109 We brought two battalions up with us in nuggurs. 1916 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 720/1 That river trip from Halfa to Shellal..survives in memory as an unchanging panorama of red banks, camels, sakiehs, nuggers floating downstream. 1938 Antiquity 12 355 In common with the ordinary type of sailing nuggar trading on the Upper Nile..the skin planking of the Blue Nile outrigger-nuggar consists of short lengths roughly hewn from the trunks of the thorny sant tree. 1994 T. C. Gillmer Hist. Working Watercraft (ed. 2) iv. 139/1 This sail can still be seen today above the second cataract of the Nile on a boat type called a nugger. This rig is also known as the ‘nugger lug.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1869
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