Definition of hog

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Hog (n.) A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidae; 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..

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Hogsties :: Hogsties (pl. ) of Hogst.
Microbion :: Microbion (n.) A microscopic organism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera..
Lithoglypher :: Lithoglypher (n.) One who curs or engraves precious stones.
Dichogamous :: Dichogamous (a.) Manifesting dichogamy.
Psychography :: Psychography (n.) Spirit writing.
Lithotint :: Lithotint (n.) A kind of lithography by which the effect of a tinted drawing is produced, as if made with India ink..
Tun :: Tun (n.) A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity..
Porket :: Porket (n.) A young hog; a pig.
Hog :: Hog (n.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water..
Organogenesis :: Organogenesis (n.) The germ history of the organs and systems of organs, -- a branch of morphogeny..
Hogsty :: Hogsty (n.) A pen, house, or inclosure, for hogs..
Polyautography :: Polyautography (n.) The act or practice of multiplying copies of one's own handwriting, or of manuscripts, by printing from stone, -- a species of lithography..
Hogshead :: Hogshead (n.) An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52/ imperial gallons; a half pipe..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. t.) To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up..
Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..
Photolithography :: Photolithography (n.) The art or process of producing photolithographs.
Garget :: Garget (n.) A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite..
Vessel :: Vessel (n.) A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc..
Wart Hog :: Wart hog () Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of
Shoat :: Shoat (n.) A young hog. Same as Shote.
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