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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nag  \Nag\,  n.  [OE.  nagge,  D.  negge;  akin  to  E.  neigh.] 
  1.  A  small  horse;  a  pony;  hence  any  horse. 
 
  2.  A  paramour;  --  in  contempt.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nag  \Nag\,  v.  t.  &  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Nagged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Nagging}.]  [Cf.  Sw  nagga  to  nibble,  peck,  Dan.  nage  to 
  gnaw,  Icel.  naga,  gnaga,  G.  nagen,  &  E.  gnaw.] 
  To  tease  in  a  petty  way  to  scold  habitually;  to  annoy;  to 
  fret  pertinaciously.  [Colloq.]  ``She  never  nagged.''  --J. 
  Ingelow 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nag 
  n  1:  someone  (especially  a  woman)  who  annoys  people  by  constantly 
  finding  fault  [syn:  {scold},  {scolder},  {nagger},  {common 
  scold}] 
  2:  an  old  or  over-worked  horse  [syn:  {hack},  {jade},  {plug}] 
  v  1:  bother  persistently  with  trivial  complaints;  "She  nags  her 
  husband  all  day  long"  [syn:  {peck},  {hen-peck}] 
  2:  worry  persistently;  "nagging  concerns  and  doubts" 
  3:  remind  or  urge  constantly;  "she  nagged  to  take  a  vacation" 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  NAG 
 
  1.  {Numerical  Algorithms  Group}. 
 
  2.  The  {Linux  Network  Administrators'  Guide}. 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  NAG 
  National  Algorithms  Group  [ltd]  (UK,  org.),  NAg" 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  NAG 
  Network  Architecture  Group  (org.)




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