(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:30:14

Nug"get (?), n. [Earlier niggot, prob. for nigot, an ingot. See Ingot.]

A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal; as, a nugget of gold.

 

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