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HOG
hog, pig, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa
(noun) domestic swine
hog, hogget, hogg
(noun) a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
hog, pig
(noun) a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
hog
(verb) take greedily; take more than oneās share
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
hog (plural hogs)
Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
(specifically) An adult swine (contrasted with a pig, a young swine).
A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
(slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
(UK) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
(nautical) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
(UK, historical, archaic slang, countable and uncountable) A shilling coin; its value, 12 old pence.
(UK, historical, obsolete slang, countable & uncountable) A tanner, a sixpence coin; its value.
(UK, historical, obsolete slang, countable & uncountable) A half-crown coin; its value, 30 old pence.
(nautical) the effect of the middle of the hull of a ship rising while the ends droop
Hyponyms
• (shilling coins) white hog, black hog
Verb
hog (third-person singular simple present hogs, present participle hogging, simple past and past participle hogged)
(transitive) To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
(transitive) To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
(nautical) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
(transitive, nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
Synonyms
• (take greedily): bogart
Etymology 2
Verb
hog (third-person singular simple present hogs, present participle hogging, simple past and past participle hogged)
(transitive) To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel.
Etymology 3
Noun
hog (plural hogs)
(informal) A quahog (clam)
Anagrams
• GOH, GoH, Goh, OHG, OHG., gho
Source: Wiktionary
Hog, n. Etym: [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc'h, hoc'h. Cf. Haggis, Hogget, and Hoggerel.]
1. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of SuidƦ; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.
Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from Sus Indicus.
2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]
3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.]
4. (Naut.)
Definition: A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. Totten.
5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. Bush hog, Ground hog, etc. See under Bush, Ground, etc.
– Hog caterpillar (Zoƶl.), the larva of the green grapevine sphinx;
– so called because the head and first three segments are much smaller than those behind them, so as to make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See Hawk moth.
– Hog cholera, an epidemic contagious fever of swine, attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser. )-- Hog deer (Zoƶl.), the axis deer.
– Hog gum (Bot.), West Indian tree (Symphonia globulifera), yielding an aromatic gum.
– Hog of wool, the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep of the second year.
– Hog peanut (Bot.), a kind of earth pea.
– Hog plum (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus Spondias (S. lutea), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies.
– Hog's bean (Bot.), the plant henbane.
– Hog's bread.(Bot.) See Sow bread.
– Hog's fennel. (Bot.) See under Fennel.
– Mexican hog (Zoƶl.), the peccary.
– Water hog. (Zoƶl.) See Capybara.
Hog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Hogging.]
1. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Smart.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
Hog, v. i. (Naut.)
Definition: To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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