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▪ I. naggy, n.|ˈnægɪ|
Also Sc. 8–9 naigie |ˈnegɪ|, 8 nagie.
[dimin. of nag n.1: see -ie, -y.]
A small nag, a pony. (See also Shank's naggy.)
1784Dick o' the Cow lxii. in Child Ballads III. 468 Here is a white-footed nagie. 1793Burns Bonnie Jean ii, He had owsen, sheep, and kye, And wanton naigies nine or ten. 1828Sporting Mag. XXI. 286 A black naggy, with a tail much longer than his height. 1894Blackmore Perlycross 64 Then the naggie put his foot down.
▪ II. naggy, a.1|ˈnægɪ|
Also kn-.
[f. nag v. + -y1.]
Given to nagging; also dial. ill-natured, bad-tempered.
1697Cleland Collect. Poems 96 Their knaggie talking did up barme him, Their sharp reflections did much warm him. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Knaggy, testy, ill-humoured. Ibid., Naggy, irritable. 1855A. Manning O. Chelsea Bunho. xx. 326, I..wondered what on earth could have made me so knaggy and upsettish. 1887S. Cheshire Gloss. s.v., That woman..is so naggy wi' everybody as gos near her.
▪ III. naggy, a.2|ˈnægɪ|
[f. nag n.1 + -y1.]
Of horses: inferior in size or quality; naggish.
a1861T. Winthrop John Brent (1883) vii. 54 The little villain's mount was a red roan, a Flat-head horse, rather naggy, but perfectly hardy and wiry. |