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ˈhoggin
[perh. the same as hogging s.v. hog v.1 quot. 1852–61.]
Screened or sifted gravel.
1852–61Archit. Publ. Soc. Dict. iv. 64 Hoggin is the term applied to the siftings or screenings..separated from the stones of rough pit gravel, and used for footpaths, while the stone or ‘ballast’ is used for the carriage-ways. 1886Times 22 Jan. 4 A coat of binding material, usually hoggin, is spread over the surface..of road. 1892Pall Mall G. 9 Sept. 2/1 There is [in a filter-bed] a foot of coarse gravel, six inches of fine hoggin, and three feet of sand. |