While two contributors have not yet voted, I'm going to go ahead and post the results for hoggin since more than one week has passed. The big winners (so far) were Faldage & sjmaxq, whose contributions garnered four votes each. Elizabeth Creith earned three votes. dxb was the only person to select the correct definition of hoggin, sifted gravel. (See for example, Hoggin path.) Here's a summary of the votes.


a) Sifted gravel (correct definition) Voted for by dxb

b) Rock outcropping in the wake of glacial retreat. (AnnaStrophic)

c) Unit of capacity equal to one half firkin. (Faldage) Voted for by sjmaxq, etoin, Father Steve, consuelo

d) Slang: a motorcycle that doesn't quite measure up to a Harley Hog. (tsuwm) Voted for by Jackie

e) Hoggin, or haughin: (Scots) a low lying meadow in a river valley. (dxb) Voted for by Elizabeth Creith

f) The stand in a brewery on which rests the large vessel for brewing and storing ale (the "hogshead") (wofahulicodoc) Voted for by Faldage

g) The barrel of ale provided for harvesters to toast the "old woman" (the last sheaf) after the harvest (Elizabeth Creith) Voted for by AnnaStrophic, musick, Owlbow

h) Colloquialism: ice cream with half the standard fat content (Owlbow)

i) A squaredance hoedown where the single men can claim their partners for the entire night by being first to ask the lady for her company. (WhitmanO'Neill) Voted for by milum

j) (noun): A now-obsolete wooden device used to remove the residue that builds up around the edges of cast-iron cookware. Consuela broke her hoggin when attempting to clean a singularly old and oft-used frypan. (gonoldothrond)

k) Street slang for bodybuilders who overuse the steriod "homogin". Overdosing occasionally leads to violence and aggression. (themilum)

l) To drive or go for a ride on a motorcycle without a specific destination. To go hoggin (musick)

m) A horned helmet (Logwood)

n) A box that will hold at least four hods of coal. (Jackie) Voted for by WhitmanO'Neill

o) The wool from a young, previously unshorn sheep. (sjmaxq) voted for by TEd, tsuwm, AniamL & wofahulicodoc

Last edited by Alex Williams; 02/18/06 08:18 PM.