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quahaug, quahog U.S.|kwəˈhɔːg, ˈkwɔːhɒg|
Also quau-, quohog, cohog.
[Narraganset Indian, given by Roger Williams as poquauhock: -k or -g is the plural ending in Algonquian tongues.]
The common round clam (Venus mercenaria) of the Atlantic coast of North America: = hen n. 6.
[1643R. Williams Key Lang. Amer. 107 Poquauhock, this the English call Hens, a little thick shel-fish, which the Indians wade deepe and dive for.] 1753Southampton (N.Y.) Rec. (1878) III. 6 The Trustees shall have the care of the Fishery of Quogue. 1781S. Peters Gen. Hist. Connecticut 262 The oysters, clams, quauhogs, lobsters, crabs, and fish, are innumerable. 1788M. Cutler in Life, Jrnls., & Corr. (1888) I. 416 Went into the water; found a great number of clam cohog shells. 1815Topogr. & Hist. Wareham in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1846) 2nd Ser. IV. 289 The quahaug clam is common. 1851Melville Whale xiv. 70 They first caught crabs and quohogs in the sand. 1870Amer. Naturalist III. 354 Fragments of Quahaug valves..are quite abundant. 1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 29 The more costly beads [in wampum] came from the largest shells of the Quahaug or Cohog. 1881Scribner's Mag. XXII. 656/1 So seemingly impregnable a victim [of the star-fish] as the quahaug. 1882Standard 26 Sept. 2/1 In every hotel bill of fare the clam or quahog..figures in a variety of shapes. 1934E. Reynard Narrow Land v. 249 He handed over his Old Woman's recipe for quahaug fritters. 1949R. J. Sim Pages from Past 66 The quahog, or hardshell clam, is deservedly the most famous of all. 1960S. Plath Colossus 24 The gritted wave leaps The seawall and drops onto a bier Of quahog chips. 1967Boston Sunday Herald Mag. 26 Mar. 11/1 Anybody who uses potatoes in quahog pie is no Cape Codder. 1977Time 4 July 37/1 On the Fourth, New Englanders will be flocking to Clam Shacks for rolls stuffed with batter-fried whole quahogs or steamers.
Hence as v. intr., to dig or collect quahaugs; quaˈhauging vbl. n.
1905J. C. Lincoln Partners of Tide iv. 76 How's the quahaugin' nowadays? 1949K. Knight Bass Derby Murder 122, I was down to the pond quahoggin', all afternoon. |