dial. Also 7 fruggin. [var. of FURGON.] (See quots.)
1611. Cotgr., Fourgon, an Ouen-forke (tearmed in Lincolnshire, a Fruggin) wherewith fuell is both put into an Ouen, and stirred when it is (on fire) in it.
1652. Inv. T. Teanby of Barton-on-Humber (N. W. Linc. Gloss.). In the kitchen on fruggin.
1788. W. Marshall, Yorksh. Gloss. (E.D.S.), Fruggan, an oven-poker.
1868. Atkinson, Cleveland Gloss., Fruggan, a curved iron scraper or rake to stir ashes in an oven with, or on the hearth.
1892. in Northumb. Gloss.