hogg

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Definition of hogg in English English dictionary

Variant of hog

a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared

Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835)

Related Terms

James Hogg

(baptized Dec. 9, 1770, Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scot. died Nov. 21, 1835, Altrive, Yarrow) Scottish poet. A shepherd, he was almost entirely self-educated. The talents of "the Ettrick Shepherd" were discovered by Walter Scott when Hogg supplied material for Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, and his popularity accompanied the ballad revival of the early Romantic movement. Hogg's other writings include the poetry collection The Queen's Wake (1813) and The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824), a novel about religious mania with a psychopathic hero that anticipates the modern psychological thriller

Turkish pronunciation

häg

Pronunciation

/ˈhäg/ /ˈhɑːɡ/

Etymology

[ 'hog, 'häg ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English hogge, from Old English hogg.

Tenses

hogging, hogged