A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500, 1587
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Hog, n.2 (ME. (1340) and e.m.E. hog(ge a swine reared for slaughter, a young or castrated pig. Otherwise appar. unknown in Sc. use, but cf. Hog swyne n. Prob. etym. identical with Hog n.1) —a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i. 167.
Baymell bred in the bog, Hog hoppit our hog 1587 Carmichael Etym 21.]
[A hog or sow, sus
