Hog
Definition of Hog
Pronunciation: hǒg n. | 1. | (Zool.) 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. | | 2. | A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. | | 3. | A young sheep that has not been shorn. | | 4. | (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. | | 5. | (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made.Hog deer | (Zool.) the axis deer. - Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser. |
Hog's fennel | (Bot.) See under Fennel. |
| v. t. | 1. | To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. | | 2. | (Naut.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. | v. i. | 1. | (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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