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To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Smart.

A hogback.

See Hogframe.

A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.

An American sole (Achirus lineatus, or A. achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value.

A shed for swine; a sty.

A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnolæmus).

nal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.

Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i.

A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.

The upper terminal pipe of a mining pump. Raymond.

The for pump in the pit. Raymond.

A sheep of the second year. [Written also hogrel.] Ash.

Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness. Crime and shame And all their hoggery. Mrs. Browning.

A young boar of the second year.

Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging. Hogging frame. See Hogframe.

Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish. -- Hog"gish*ly, adv. -- Hog"gish*ness, n. Is not a hoggish life the height of some men's wishes Shaftesbury.

A hill; a cliff. [Obs.] Spenser.

A swineherd. W. Browne.

The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the year, on which children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread or cakes; also, the entertainment given on that day to a visitor, or the gift given to an applicant. [Scot.]