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teg, tag|tɛg|, |tæg|
Forms: α. 6 tegge, 6–9 tegg, 7– teg; β. 6–7 tagge, 9 tag.
[Of uncertain origin; perh. Scandinavian: cf. Sw. tacka a ewe.]
1. A sheep in its second year, or from the time it is weaned till its first shearing; a yearling sheep; = hog n.1 4, hogget 2. Formerly restricted to the female; now applied to both sexes (ewe teg and wether tegs). Also attrib. as teg sheep, teg wool (see b).
1537in Priory of Hexham (Surtees) I. App. 130 One Stringor, that brought a tegg from Wresill. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 495 The first year, we call it..a Lamb,..the second year a Hog, Lam-hog, or Teg if it be a female. 1674Ray S. & E.C. Words 77 Tagge, a sheep of the first year. Suss. 1688Lond. Gaz. No. 2346/4, 20 Sheep..whereof 15 were Wethers, and 5 Tegs. 1733Tull Horse-Hoeing Husb. x. 104 Lambs of three Weeks old..are called Tegs. 1789Trans. Soc. Arts I. 141, I turned in my Tegs (or one year old sheep). 1844Stephens Bk. Farm II. 39 In England..sheep bear the name of lamb until 8 months old, after which they are called ewe and wether teggs until once clipped. 1866[see hog n.1 4 b].
attrib.a1722Lisle Husbandry (1757) 388, I had a few teg or hog-sheep. 1889Daily News 16 Dec. 3/5 With regard to teg sheep, weaned within a fortnight of each other.
b. teg wool, also ellipt. teg. Cf. hog n.1 4 c.)
1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss. II. 223 The fleeces of the first shearing, amongst wool-dealers, are called indiscriminately Tegs or Hogs. Ibid. 331 Teg wool is the wool of the first shearing when the sheep is little more than a year old. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 259. 1886 Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Teg..is not so often applied to the sheep as ‘hog’, but more frequently to the wool.
†2. A doe or female deer in its second year. Obs.
1530Palsgr. 279/2 Tegge or pricket, saillant. 1568Hist. Jacob & Esau i. i. A iij, If we haue lucke thys day to kill Hare, Teg, or Doe. 1636Althorp MS. in Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) App. 78 A journey to Wormleighton with a bucke and a tegg. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. ii. v. 329 The female is called a doe; the first year, a fawn; and the second, a tegg.
†3. Applied contemptuously to a woman. Obs.
a1529Skelton El. Rummyng 151 Full vntydy tegges, Lyke rotten egges. ― Agst. Garnesche i. 31 Your wynde schakyn shankkes, your longe lothy legges,..Bryngges yow out of fauyr with alle femall teggys. |