hog mane

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• hog-mane — hogˈ mane noun A mane clipped short or naturally short and upright • • • Main Entry: ↑hog …   Useful english dictionary

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• hog — [hôg, häg] n. pl. hogs or, for 1 & 2, hog [ME < OE hogg < ? or akin to ON höggva, to cut (akin to OE heawan, HEW), in basic sense “castrated”] 1. any swine, esp. a domesticated adult (Sus scrofa) ready for market, or, in England, a… …   English World dictionary

• 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hog — /hɒg / (say hog) noun 1. a domesticated pig, especially a castrated boar, bred for slaughter. 2. Especially US any mammal of the family Suidae; pig. 3. → hogget. 4. Colloquial a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person. 5. a ship of which the hull… …  

• hog — I. noun (plural hogs; also hog) Etymology: Middle English hogge, from Old English hogg Date: 14th century 1. a domestic swine especially when weighing more than 120 pounds (54 kilograms); broadly any of various wild and domestic swine 2. (usually …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• hog-maned — ˈ ̷ ̷|mānd adjective : having a short bristly mane : roached * * * hogˈ maned adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑hog …   Useful english dictionary

• hog — 1. noun /hɒɡ,hɑɡ,hɔːɡ/ a) Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the wart hog, and the boar. b) A greedy person; one who refuses to share. 2. verb /hɒɡ,hɑɡ,hɔːɡ/ …   Wiktionary

• hog — hÉ‘g ,hÉ”g /hÉ’g n. domestic pig raised for market; any of a number of mammals related to the domestic pig (i.e. boar, wart hog, etc.); greedy person (Slang); something that consumes too much of anything v. cause to arch; curve upward (of a ship… …   English contemporary dictionary

• Wart hog — (Zo[ o]l.) Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus {Phacoch[oe]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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hogged — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English