nag, nagge

[O. Dut. negghe, negge, from O. Dan. neyen, negen to neigh.] 1. A small horse; a horse of any kind. ""Tis like the forced gait of a shuffling nag." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. I., iii. 1. *2. A term of contempt for a woman of loose char P. 287.