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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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DOGGAR, DOGGER, n. Also doggart, dugger. A kind of coarse ironstone, gen. found in globular concretions; one of these concretions (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Sc. Mining Terms 241; Edb.⁶ 1944, doggar(t)). Also in Yks. dial.Sc. 1777 Session Papers, Sir A. Fergusson v. Earl of Cassilis (26 April) Map:
3½ fathoms of open free stone, with bleas and iron-stone doggers.Gsw. 1920 Memoirs Geol. Survey Scot. 60:
The section was: — “Dogger”; Till; Coal; Rock.Lnk. 1793 D. Ure Hist. Rutherglen 253:
The most uncommon variety of till . . . is incumbent on a coarse iron-stone, or doggar.Ayr. 1932 Econ. Geol. Ayr. Coalfields IV. 157:
Dogger balls, or doggers, — Irregularly shaped nodules or concretions, sometimes of inferior ironstone.