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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOGGET

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HOGGET

Hog "get, n. Etym: [See Hog, and Hoggerel. ]

1. A young boar of the second year.

2. A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.

New American Oxford Dictionary

hogget

hogget |ˈhɒgɪt | ▶noun Brit. a yearling sheep. • NZ a lamb between weaning and first shearing. ORIGIN late Middle English (applied also to a young boar ): from hog + -et 1 .

Oxford Dictionary

hogget

hogget |ˈhɒgɪt | ▶noun Brit. a yearling sheep. • NZ a lamb between weaning and first shearing. ORIGIN late Middle English (applied also to a young boar ): from hog + -et 1 .