moggan Sc. and dial.
(ˈmɒgən)
Also 9 moggen, -in, mogan, muggin, moogan.
[Of obscure origin; the Gael. mogan is believed by Celtic philologists to be adopted from Sc. Cf. mokins dial. (Hants) ‘gaiters made of coarse sacking’ (E.D.D.); also (though the sense is more remote), moggins (Cheshire) shoes with wooden soles, clogs.]
1. A long footless stocking; a stocking used as a purse; also ‘long sleeves for a woman's arms, wrought like stockings’ (Jam.).
| 1742 R. Forbes Jrnl. in Ajax' Sp. (1755) 31 I'm seer some o' them wat the sma' end o' their moggan. 1789 Ross Helenore, etc. 134 Had I won the length but of ae pair of sleeves,..And on my twa gardies like moggans wad draw? 1832–53 D. S. Buchan in Whistle-binkie Ser. iii. 72 He..prepared for to dee: And left..his lang neckit moggin to me. 1897 Blackw. Mag. Nov. 613/1 They came into the place in their mogans at night, quiet as ghosts. |
† 2. pl. The legs. Obs.
| 1780 W. Forbes Dominie Deposed 9 Wae to the night I first began To mix my moggans wi' thee, man. |