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One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart. Totten.

A young hog. Same as Shote.

A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form.

A shoat; a young hog.

A young hog; a shoat.

See Shogun.

See Shogunate.

A herd of wild hogs.

The ear; especially, a hog's ear. [Prov. Eng.]

The female of swine, or of the hog kind.

print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography. The word "satire" ought to be spelled with i, and not with y. Dryden.

The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.

horned bug, and horse beetle. -- Stag dance, a dance by men only. [slang, U.S.] -- Stag hog (Zoöl.), the babiroussa. -- Stag-horn coral (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large branching corals of the genus Madrepora, which somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially Madrepora cervicornis, and M. palma…

Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality. Three hogsheads of ale of the first strike. Sir W. Scott.

States are the northern sucker (Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker (C. teres), the hog sucker (C. nigricans), and the chub, or sweet sucker (Erimyzon sucetta). Some of the large Western species are called buffalo fish, red horse, black horse, and suckerel.

Of or pertaining to a hog or the Hog family (Suidæ).

The hog's fennel. See under Fennel.

pper part of the loin. See Sirloin, the more usual, but not etymologically preferable, orthography.

Liquid filth; wash; hog mash. [Obs.]

A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species (Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany tree.