HOGGINGS

HOGGING

Hog"ging, n. (Naut.)

Definition: Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging. Hogging frame. See Hogframe.

HOG

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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidæ; 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), the peccary.

– Water hog. (Zoöl.) 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