A small wooden peg or block used in construction or woodworking.
From Middle English 'nigge,' possibly related to Old Norse 'hnøgga' meaning 'to press.' The term appears in carpentry texts from the 1600s.
This is an obscure carpentry term that almost no one knows—tiny pegs and blocks are essential to timber framing, and old craftspeople had specific names for every size and type.
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