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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Hogskin :: Hogskin (n.) Leather tanned from a hog's skin. Also used adjectively.
Porcine :: Porcine (a.) Of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog.
Yellowwood :: Yellowwood (n.) The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). All these Old World trees fu
Shoat :: Shoat (n.) A young hog. Same as Shote.
Shook :: Shook (n.) A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form..
Shog :: Shog (v. t.) To shake; to shock.
Glyphography :: Glyphography (n.) A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from..
Hogweed :: Hogweed (n.) In England, the Heracleum Sphondylium..
Lithograph :: Lithograph (v. t.) To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design; to lithograph a painting. See Lithography..
Trichina :: Trichina (n.) A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their
Warrin :: Warrin (n.) An Australian lorikeet (Trichoglossus multicolor) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colors; -- called also blue-bellied lorikeet, and blue-bellied parrot..
Psychography :: Psychography (n.) Spirit writing.
Pathogeny :: Pathogeny (n.) The generation, and method of development, of disease; as, the pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled..
Glyphograph :: Glyphograph (n.) A plate made by glyphography, or an impression taken from such a plate..
Pathognomy :: Pathognomy (n.) Expression of the passions; the science of the signs by which human passions are indicated.
Hogsty :: Hogsty (n.) A pen, house, or inclosure, for hogs..
Hogfish :: Hogfish (n.) An American fresh-water fish; the log perch.
Hogfish :: Hogfish (n.) The pigfish or sailor's choice.
Tycoon :: Tycoon (n.) The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners..
Xanthogenic :: Xanthogenic (a.) Producing a yellow color or compound; xanthic. See Xanthic acid, under Xanthic..
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