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† hoggaster Obs. Also 3–4 hogaster; 4 hoggestere, 6 hogsteere, 7 hogsteare, 9 hogsteer (all in sense 1); 9 hogster (in sense 2). [med.L. hogaster, dim. from Eng. hog; also in AFr. form hogastre. The forms hogsteer, etc., appear to be due to false etymology.] 1. A boar in its third year; cf. hog n.1 ...
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hogget
hogget (ˈhɒgɪt) Also -it. [f. hog n.1 + -et1.] 1. A young boar of the second year. ? Obs.[1332–3 in Rogers Agric. & Prices I. 679 Sows..Porci..Hoggets. 1420 in Annal. Præmonst. II. 591 (Du C.) De porcis triginta tres, de Hogettis centum viginti sex, et porcellis octoginta novem.] 1786 Chambers' Cycl...
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hog
▪ I. hog, n.1 (hɒg) Also 4(?)–6 hogge, 6– hogg. [First exemplified c 1340, but the derivative hoggaster occurs c 1175: origin unknown. The word may possibly be contained in the OE. place-names Hocgestán (Hogston) and Hocgetwistle; but this is hardly likely. The conjecture that ME. hog represented Co...
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