dial. Also hilt. [? var. of YELT.] (See quots.)

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1842.  Akerman, Wilts. Gloss. (E. D. S.), Hilt, a young sow kept for breeding.

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1864.  Barnes, Dorset Gloss., in Philol. Soc. Trans., 55. Elt, a young sow or pig.

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