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Hogget definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOG'GET, n. A sheep two years old.
1. A colt of a year old, called also hog-colt. [Local.]
2. A young boar of the second year.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared [syn: hog, hogget, hogg]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from ¹hog + -et Date: 14th century chiefly British hog 2

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Brit. a yearling sheep. Etymology: HOG

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hogget Hog"get, n. [See Hog, and Hoggerel.] 1. A young boar of the second year. 2. A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.