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riggotn.1 Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: riggold n. Etymology: Probably a variant of riggold n. (see forms at that entry), with simplification of the ending perhaps partly by association with formations in -et suffix1 and -ot suffix. Compare riggon n. regional. rare. the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > stock or breed > neutered animal > imperfectly neutered the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > sexual organs > whose genitals are undeveloped 1559 in J. Raine (1853) 135 xxijtie tupes and rygetts. 1562 Kinnaird Farm Bk. f. 15v, in at Rig(g)et Ane rigget wedder, ane dilmont. 1782 ‘T. Bobbin’ (Gloss.) Riggot, a Channel or Gutter; also a half-gelded Horse, &c. a1800 S. Pegge (1814) Riggot, a half-gelded horse. Lanc. 1876 J. Harland 21 Ridgel, a male animal with but one testicle.—also Ridgil, Ridgling–(Scot.) Riglan, Riggot. 1920 14 16 Witnesses described the animal as a ‘rigot’ (other forms of which are ‘riggot’ and ‘ridgeling’) or an ‘original’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). riggotn.2Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: riggle n., rigol n. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps originally a variant of riggle n. or rigol n., with alteration of the ending after formations in -ot suffix, -et suffix1, and -ate suffix1. English regional (chiefly northern and north midlands). the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making grooves > a groove, channel, or furrow a1661 W. Brereton (1844) 32 Some of the seats of the windows gilded in the riggott that is planed. 1688 R. Holme iii. 99/1 Channelling the sole is making a riggett in the outer sole for the Wax thread to ly in. 1688 R. Holme iii. 111/2 A flat in a Cornice, with a Channel or Rigget at the bottom inwards. 1747 W. Hooson sig. C2v This Plug has a Riggot made in it down the Side. 1747 W. Hooson sig. Pijb Upon one of which Edges the Riggot is made for the Priming of it. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > other types of drainage ?1746 ‘T. Bobbin’ 28 I up weh meh Foot on puncht him into th' Riggot. 1877 E. Leigh Rigatt, or Rigott, A small channel made by the rain out of the common course of the water. Also the spout under the eaves of a house. 1882 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Riggot, a narrow channel, a gutter. 1887 18 The plots between the trenches are called ‘butts’, and the trenches between the butts are called reams, or riggots. 1904 V. 110/2 He's cut a rigot for the rindlet to run. 1998 (Nexis) 25 Sept. 4 It was not hard to imagine yourself back a hundred years and a hundred miles from Tunstall Market Square, but 10 minutes away up the riggot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.11559n.2a1661 |
