Hog /(hŏg)/
Hog
n.
- A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidæ; esp., the domesticated varieties of Sus scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow. (Zool.)
- A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]
- A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.]
- A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. (Naut.)
- A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. (Paper Manuf.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Bush hog
- See under Bush, Ground, etc.
- Hog caterpillar
- 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.
- Hog deer
- the axis deer.
- Hog gum
- 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
- a kind of earth pea.
- Hog plum
- a tropical tree, of the genus Spondias (Spondias lutea), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies.
- Hog's bean
- the plant henbane.
- Hog's bread
- See Sow bread.
- Hog's fennel
- See under Fennel.
- Mexican hog
- the peccary.
- Water hog
- See Capybara.
Hog
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Hogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Hogging
- To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse.
- To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. (Naut.)
Hog
v. i.
- 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. (Naut.)