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Definition of Hogget
1. Noun. A sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared.
Definition of Hogget
1. n. A young boar of the second year.
Definition of Hogget
1. Noun. A young sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth). ¹
2. Noun. The meat of a hogget (sheep). ¹
3. Noun. A young boar of the second year. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hogget
1. a young unshorn sheep [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hogget
Literary usage of Hogget
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Publications of the Harleian Society by Harleian Society (1878)
"1627 May 15 Thomas, son of Henry hogget May 15 Frances, dau. of Henry Hogged June
3 Denis, the Bastard who was Laid in the parish May 31 George & Harie, ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Sheep, /i«;« or tup, the sire ; twe. the dam ; lame, the new-born sheep till it
U weaned, when it is called a hogget ; the tup-lamb being a "tup-hogget," ..."
3. British Farmer's Magazine (1869)
"6d. each ; they might judge they were pretty fair hogget« to fetch that, and yet
they had not half-a-pound of cake ..."
4. British Farmer's Magazine (1861)
"The hogget then made pounds half breed, and 7 pounds all Down —that was the fleece
I had weighed last year—but the whole flock through was 6 pounds on the ..."
5. Raw Wools, and Specimens to Illustrate the Wollen Manufacture by Alfred Hawkesworth (1892)
"Ewe hogget, No._ 2S2, back part. The formation and character is similar ...
Ewe hogget—station-bred; from Springfield stock ; unhoused and grass-fed only. ..."
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