hogling
(ˈhɒglɪŋ)
[f. hog n.1 + -ling.]
1. A young or little pig.
| a 1440 Sir Eglam. 548 My lytylle spote hoglyn, Dere boght thy dethe schalle bee! 1549 Chaloner Erasm. on Folly B iv, Slicke and smothe skinned..lyke hoglyngs of Acarnania. 1583 Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 83 A strange sow..dug dieting her mylckwhit farroed hoglings. |
2. A young hog (sheep), hoggerel, or hogget.
| 1890 Scott. Antiq. June 40 ‘Hogling’ is a well-known term for a lamb, as ‘hog’ is for a young sheep. |
3. ‘An apple turn-over’ (Halliwell 1847–78).
| a 1825 Forby Hoglin, a homely kind of pastry. |
† 4. attrib. or adj. (?) Hoggish, hog-like. Obs.
(Perh. does not belong here.)
| c 1645 Howell Lett. ii. ix. (1655) I. 78 Yet I am sorry..that..Marquis Spinola should in a hogling way, change his Master for the time. |