Definition of "tog"

tog¹

/tɒɡ/

noun
plural togs
1. A cloak.
2. A coat.
  Quotations
  I have a rorty gal, also a knowing pal, / And merrily together we jog on, / I doesn't care a flatch, as long as I've a tach, / Some pannum for my chest, and a tog on.
  c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris‎, published 1896, page 161
3. A unit of thermal resistance, being ten times the temperature difference (in °C) between the two surfaces of a material when the flow of heat is equal to one watt per square metre
verb
third-person singular simple present togs, present participle togging, simple past and past participle togged
1. (transitive) To dress (often with up or out).
  Quotations
  “[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. […]”
  1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients

tog²

adverb
not comparable
1. (knitting) Abbreviation of together.
  Quotations
  Row 1 (Right side): Slip 1, K1, K2 tog, YO, K 10, (K2 tog, YO) twice, K3.
  2012, Kay Meadors, Knitting for a Cure, page 34

tog³

noun
plural togs
1. A tautog, a large wrasse native to the eastern coast of North America.
  Quotations
  Though most jetty anglers fish the tip when looking for blackfish, tog can often be found along the entire structure.
  2021, Nick Honachefsky, “Catching Tautog from Shore”, in On The Water‎
  However, many locations hold plenty of keeper tog to 8 pounds, with several monster white chins over the 10-pound mark, particularly along the East End of the Sound.
  2023, Tony Salerno, “Shaking The Winter Jitters: It’s Time For Tog’”, in The Fisherman‎
verb
third-person singular simple present togs, present participle togging, simple past and past participle togged
1. (transitive) To fish for tautog.
  Quotations
  Another mindset that seems to work well for new togging recruits is to ask them to wait until the fish ‘takes the rod down’.
  2023, Jason Colby, “Tog Jigging: Do It Your Way!”, in The Fisherman‎