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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Mediaeval hogwashing #102574 05/04/03 08:13 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley OP Carpal Tunnel OP Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta From Ellis Peters's The Rose Rent page 91 (the sheriff, Hugh Beringar, is speaking): 'He's off back to the hills before night. It seems he has some hoggets up there with a rot of the feet, he and his man came back only to get a supply of the wash to treat them.' Apparently a hogget is a yearling sheep, and hog can mean a young sheep before its first shearing. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Mediaeval hogwashing Bingley 05/04/03 08:13 AM Re: Mediaeval hogwashing Wordwind 05/04/03 10:16 AM Re: Mediaeval hogwashing Buffalo Shrdlu 05/04/03 10:25 AM Re: Mediaeval hogwashing maahey 05/04/03 02:04 PM Re: Mediaeval hogwashing Buffalo Shrdlu 05/04/03 03:54 PM Re: Mediaeval hogwashing maahey 05/04/03 04:01 PM Re: Mediaeval hogwashing WhitmanO'Neill 05/04/03 03:41 PM Re: Mediaeval hogwashing Capfka 05/04/03 08:23 PM Re: Mediaeval hogwashing WhitmanO'Neill 05/05/03 02:09 AM Re: Mediaeval hogwashing of troy 05/05/03 10:52 AM Re: Mediaeval hogwashing Capfka 05/05/03 08:02 PM Re: Mediaeval hogwashing consuelo 05/06/03 02:43 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,316 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 605 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,533 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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