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Hoecake
(Hoe"cake`) n. A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; —
so called because often cooked on a hoe. [Southern U.S.]
Hoemother
(Hoe"moth`er) n. [A local Orkney name; cf. Icel. har.] (Zoöl.) The basking or liver shark; —
called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver.
Hoful
(Ho"ful) a. [AS. hogful, hohful, fr. hogu care, anxiety.] Careful; wary. [Obs.] Stapleton.
Hog
(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. (Zoöl.) A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidæ; 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.
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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), the axis deer. — Hog gum (Bot.), West Indian tree 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 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 (Zoöl.), the peccary. — Water hog. (Zoöl.) See Capybara.
Hog
(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
(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.
Hogback
(Hog"back`) n.
1. (Arch.) An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber
laid horizontally; — the opposite of camber.
2. (Naut.) See Hogframe.
