Foggage, subs. (colloquial).—Fodder, especially green-meat.
1785. Burns, To a Mouse. And naething now to bigg a new ane o’foggage green.
Fogged, ppl. adj. (common).—1. Drunk. Cf., foggy. For synonyms, see Drinks and Screwed.
2. (common).—Perplexed; bewildered; at a loss. [From fog (q.v.), to perplex]. For synonyms, see Flabbergasted.
1883. Illust. London News, 6 Jan., p. 6, col. 3. They were all treading on one another’s heels, trying to do their best, but hopelessly fogged.
1887. All the Year Round, 30 July, 30, p. 68. An Australian says that he is bushed just as an Englishman, equally characteristically, declares that he is fogged.
Fogger, subs. (old).—1. A huckster; a cringing, whining beggar; a pettifogger.
1614. Terence in English. I shall be exclaimed upon to be a beggarly fogger, greedily hunting after heritage.
2. (old).—A farm servant whose duty is to feed the cattle; i.e., to supply them with foggage (q.v.).
Foggy, adj. (common).—1. Drunk; i.e., clinched or hazy (q.v.). For synonyms, see Drinks and Screwed.