单词 | hoggling |
释义 | hogglingn. Chiefly historical in later use. The action or practice of going from door to door collecting donations; spec. (in the 15th and 16th centuries) the action or practice of collecting funds for the parish in this way. Also: an instance of this. See note at hoggler n.Recorded earliest in hoggling money n. at Compounds.Quots. 1859, 1888 appear to represent a late survival of the word in the regional English of Pembrokeshire. ΚΠ 1498–9 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 65 Item receved of hoglyng money of our lady wardens vjs. 1510 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 59 The Dettes that remayneth the said yere: Item Iohn Elyns for hokelyng a yere and a half. 1516 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 229 Venditio et incrementum forin-secum de la Hogeling. 1626 Churchwardens' Accts. Dursley, Gloucestersh. in Scottish Antiquary (1890) June 40 For hoggling 19s. 5d. 1859 Cambrian Jrnl. 306 The custom, pursued by limeburners and quarrymen, of going round at a stated time amongst those whom they have been supplying with stones or lime during the year, has received the name of ‘hoggling’. 1888 E. Laws Hist. Little Eng. beyond Wales 420 Lime-burners go round to beg of the farmers who employ them; this is hoggling. 1985 D. Underdown Revel, Riot, & Rebellion (1987) iii. 53 So church rates took the place of the older church ales, the hogglings and gatherings. 1996 R. Hutton Stations of Sun xx. 209 The government of the duke of Somerset, fatal to so many ecclesiastical ceremonies, and apparently to Plough Monday collections, ‘hoggling’, and hobby-horse dances, also took its toll of ‘hocking’. CompoundsΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > [noun] > contribution by specific persons hock money1484 hoggling money1498 1498-9hoglyng money [see main sense]. 1612 Churchwardens' Accts. Cheddar in Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 3 423 Received for the Hogling monie, ixl. xiijs. iiijd. 1877 J. H. Blunt Dursley & Neighbourhood 50 In several years there are entries of sums..the sums being similar amounts to the hoggling money. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > consumables > candle or light > [noun] > maintained by hogglers hoggling light1510 1510 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 57 Item for Issabell Man for hokelyng lyȝghte ijd. 1511 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 63 Item Iohn Elyns for hoggelyng lyght ijs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1498 |
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