HEDGEHOG
NOUNS
► ANIMATED CACTUS a porcupine or hedgehog → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOAR a hedgehog → 1868 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FURZE-PIG the hedgehog → 1865
► GRANOGUE a hedgehog → 1881 Ireland
► GYPSIES’ PIG the hedgehog → 1928 obs.
► GYPSY PORK the flesh of the hedgehog → 1928 obs.
► HAGHOG a hedgehog → 1720 Eng. dial. obs.
► HAIRY HUTCHIN a hedgehog → 1956 Sc.
► HEDGE-BOAR a hedgehog → 1867 Eng. dial.
► HEDGEPIG a hedgehog → 1855 Eng. dial.
► HOTCHI-WITCHI the hedgehog → 1843 Romani usage
► HURCHEON a hedgehog → c1325
► IL ► ILE a hedgehog → c897 obs.
► ILESPIL a spine of a hedgehog → a1225 obs.
► JACK-SHARPNAILS a hedgehog → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAND-URCHIN the hedgehog → 1601 obs.
► NERTCHARD a hedgehog, an ‘urchin’ → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PRICKY-BACK a hedgehog → 1864 Eng. dial.
► PRICKY-URCHIN a hedgehog → 1796 Eng. dial.
► PROGGLES the spines of a hedgehog → 19C Sc.
► QUILL PIG a hedgehog → 1942 Amer. Western sl. (Bk.)
► QUILLS a porcupine or hedgehog → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► THORNHOG a hedgehog → 1340 obs.
VERBS
► ECHINATE to set up one’s prickles like a hedgehog → 1788
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