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Hog

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What's The Definition Of Hog?
[n] domestic swine
[n] a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared [n] a person regarded as greedy and pig-like [v] take greedily; take more than one's share Synonyms | Synonyms for Hog: grunter | hogg | hogget | pig | pig | squealer | Sus scrofa Related Terms | Find terms related to Hog: adopt | appropriate | arrogate | assume | barrow | belly-god | boar | careerist | colonize | conquer | cormorant | corner | egotist | engross | enslave | forestall | fortune hunter | gilt | glutton | gorger | gormand | gormandizer | gourmand | gourmandizer | greedy eater | greedygut | greedyguts | guttler | husky eater | indent | individualist | jump a claim | lone wolf | loner | make free with | make use of | monopolist | monopolize | narcissist | occupy | overrun | pig | piggy | piglet | pigling | porker | preempt | preoccupy | prepossess | razorback | requisition | road hog | self-advancer | self-pleaser | self-seeker | self-server | shoat | sit on | slattern | sloven | slut | sow | squat on | subjugate | suckling pig | swine | take all of | take it all | take over | take possession of | take up | temporizer | tie up | timepleaser | timeserver | trencherman | trencherwoman | tufthunter | tusker | usurp | wild boar See Also | genus Sus | grab | lamb | lard | porc | pork | porker | selfish person | snaffle | snap up | Sus | swine | trotter Hog In Webster's Dictionary \Hog\, n. [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. (Zo["o]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Sus}, and allied
genera of {Suid[ae]}; 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.) 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), the peccary.
{Water hog}. (Zo["o]l.) 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.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. \Hog\, v. i. (Naut.) 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. |
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