c1425 (Vesp. B.xii) 151 The boor: frist he is a pyg as long as he is with his dame..and the iij yere he is callyd an hoggaster..and when he goth soole than is he callyd a boor.
1486 sig. eiij And an hoggestere when he is of yeris .iij.
1575 G. Gascoigne lxxix. 236 A Bore is the first yeare a Pigge, the second an Hogge, the third a Hogsteare, the fourth a Bore, and the fifth yeare a Singuler.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil iv. 69 A sounder of hogsteers, Or thee brownye lion too stalck fro the mounten he wissheth.
1660 J. Howell A wild Bore, the first year a Pigg, the 2. a Hogg, the 3. a Hoggsteer, the 4. a Bore, the 5. a Cingular.
1717 (ed. 2) (at cited word) Hog-Steer, (among Hunters) a wild Boar three years old.
1922 E. Power iii. 109 All were numbered and classified, cart-horses, brood-mares, colts, foals, oxen, bulls, cows, stirks (three-year old), two-year old, yearlings, calves, sheep, wethers, hogerells, lambs, hogs, boars, sows, hilts, hogsters and pigs.