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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

hog

hog

See also: hög and høg

English

Alternative forms

  • (UK, dialectal) 'og

Noun

hog ‎(plural hogs)

  1. Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
  2. (specifically) An adult swine (contrasted with a pig, a young swine).
    • 2005 April, Live Swine from Canada, Investigation No. 731-TA-1076 (Final), publication 3766, April 2005, U.S. International Trade Commission (ISBN 1457819899), page I-9:
      Weanlings grow into feeder pigs, and feeder pigs grow into slaughter hogs. […] Ultimately the end use for virtually all pigs and hogs is to be slaughtered for the production of pork and other products.
  3. A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
  4. (slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
  5. (Britain) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
  6. (nautical) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
  7. A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
  8. (Britain, historical, archaic slang, countable and uncountable) A shilling coin; its value, 12 old pence.
  9. (Britain, historical, obsolete slang, countable and uncountable) A tanner, a sixpence coin; its value.
    • 1961, Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
      hog (pl hog)... 2. In C.18–early 19, occ. a sixpence: also c., whence the U.S. sense. Prob. ex the figure of a hog on a small silver coin.
  10. (Britain, historical, obsolete slang, countable and uncountable) A half-crown coin; its value, 30 old pence.
    • 1961, Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
      hog (pl hog)... 3. A half-crown: ca 1860–1910.
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Verb

hog ‎(third-person singular simple present hogs, present participle hogging, simple past and past participle hogged)

  1. (transitive) To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
    • 2000 DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie, Scholastic Inc., New York, Ch 15:
      The [...] air-conditioning unit didn't work very good, and there was only one fan; and from the minute me and Winn-Dixie got in the library, he hogged it all.
    Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets.
  2. (transitive) To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Smart to this entry?)
  3. (nautical) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
  4. (transitive, nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
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Etymology 2

Clipping of quahog

Noun

hog ‎(plural hogs)

  1. (informal) A quahog (clam)

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoɡ/

Noun

hog ‎(plural hogs)

  1. hole

Declension

Etymology

From Middle English hog, from Old English hogg, hocg ‎(“hog”), possibly from Old Norse hǫggva ‎(“to strike, chop, cut”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną ‎(“to hew, forge”), from Proto-Indo-European *kowə- ‎(“to beat, hew, forge”). Cognate with Old High German houwan, Old Saxon hauwan, Old English hēawan (English hew). "Hog" originally meant a castrated male pig. (Compare "hogget" for a castrated male sheep.) More at hew.

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