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Webster 1913 Edition

Hog

Hog

(hŏg)
,
Noun.
[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.
(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.
☞ 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
(Zool.)
,
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
(Zool.)
,
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
(
Spondias 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
(Zool.)
,
the peccary.
–
Water hog
.
(Zool.)
See
Capybara
.

Hog

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hog

HOG

, n.
1.
A swine; a general name of that species of animal.
2.
In England, a castrated sheep of a year old.
3.
A bullock of a year old.
4.
A brutal fellow; one who is mean and filthy.
5.
Among seamen, a sort of scrubbing-broom for scraping a ship's bottom under water.

HOG

,
Verb.
T.
To scrape a ship's bottom under water.
1.
To carry on the back. [Local.]
2.
To cut the hair short, like the bristles of a hog. [Local.]

HOG

,
Verb.
I.
To bend, so as to resemble in some degree a hog's back; as, a ship hogs in lanching.

Definition 2024

hög

hög

See also: hog and høg

Icelandic

Adjective

hög

  1. the nominative feminine singular form of the strong inflection of the adjective hagur ‎(“dexterous, handy”)
  2. the nominative plural neuter form of the strong inflection of the adjective hagur ‎(“dexterous, handy”)
  3. the accusative plural neuter form of the strong inflection of the adjective hagur ‎(“dexterous, handy”)

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /høːg/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hø̄gher, from Proto-Germanic *haugaz, variant of *hauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. Cognate with Norwegian høg and Danish høj.

Adjective

hög (comparative högre, superlative högst)

  1. high; which reaches a great distance from the ground or is located a great distance from the ground
  2. of a quantity or value: high, great or large
    Jag betalar alldeles för hög ränta
    My interest rate is way too high
  3. high-pitched
  4. loud; strong sound
  5. (slang) under heavy influence of drugs or narcotics
    Hög som ett hus.
Declension
Inflection of hög
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hög högre högst
Neuter singular högt högre högst
Plural höga högre högst
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 höge högre högste
All höga högre högsta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.
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Etymology 2

From Old Swedish hø̄gher, from Old Norse haugr, from Proto-Germanic *haugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kowk-, *kewk-.

Noun

hög c

  1. a pile, a heap
Declension
Inflection of hög 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hög högen högar högarna
Genitive högs högens högars högarnas
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