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Gnomish

cog

noun. claw, fist

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “claw, fist” (GL/26), so perhaps referring to a body part used for catching. As such it might be related to G. crog “hook” and G. croctha- “catch” (GL/27).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KOK “catch”