goggan dial.
(ˈgɒgən)
Also 6 goggon, -en, (? -ey).
[Origin obscure.
Gael. gogan is explained as ‘a small wooden dish made up of staves, and without handles’, but this, with cogan of similar meaning (cf. cogue), is perh. not a native word.]
A wooden or metal dish.
| 1586 Inv. of Atkinson (Somerset Ho.), ij bassons ij goggons & dishes. 1590 Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1860) 180, iiij drinckinge potts, of tynne 2s. 8{supd}. One goggen 4{supd}. 1593 Ibid. 230, xij tyne spoynes, a putter goggey, and ij tyne ladelles. 1894 Hall Caine Manxman 60 According to the goggans they lay hands on, so will be the trades of their husbands. |