Rum and water. Grog was first introduced into the navy about the year 1740, by Admiral Vernon, to prevent the sailors intoxicating themselves with their allowance of rum, or spirits. Groggy, or groggified; drunk.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

A silly fellow or woman.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

A term used by bruisers to signify a man who will bear a great deal of beating.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Ah, the old “glutton for punishment.”

All-a-gog; impatient, anxious, or desirous of a thing.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.