hogget

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hogget, from Anglo-Norman hoget and an Anglo-Latin hogettus. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒɡɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɡət/, /ˈhɔɡət/ === Noun === hogget (plural hoggets) (chiefly UK, New Zealand) A young colt or sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth). 1900, Samuel Butler, transl. The Odyssey, Book IX., page 113 They were kept in separate flocks; first there were the hoggets, then the oldest of the younger lambs and lastly the very young ones all kept apart from one another […] (chiefly UK, New Zealand) The meat of a young sheep. (chiefly UK) A young boar of the second year. ==== Translations ==== === See also === hogg === Further reading === “hogget”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === egg-hot, egghot