Hog
Hog (hog) , noun
[Probably akin to English hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; compare also Welsh hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc'h, hoc'h. Compare Haggis, Hogget, and Hoggerel.]
1.
(Zoology) A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suida; 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.
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. [English]
4.
(Nautical) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. — Totten
5.
(Paper Manufacturing) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made.
Collocations (13)
Hog caterpillar (Zoology) , 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 (Zoology) , the axis deer.
Hog gum (Botany) , 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 (Botany) , a kind of earth pea.
Hog plum (Botany) , 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 (Botany) , the plant henbane.
Hog's bread (Botany) , See Sow bread.
Mexican hog (Zoology) , the peccary.
Hog , transitive verb
1.
To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. — Smart
2.
(Nautical) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
Hog , intransitive verb
(Nautical) 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.