Vocabulary : Hoemother to Hogged
Hoemother : The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver.Hoful : Careful; wary.
Hog : 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. ;; A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. ;; A young sheep that has not been shorn. ;; A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. ;; A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. ;; To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. ;; To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. ;; To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.
Hogback : An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber. ;; See Hogframe. ;; A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.
Hogchain : A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.
