Hog

hog, n. A swine; porker; esp. a castrated boar; a mean, filthy, or greedy fellow, — the domesticated animal, kept for lard and pork, being commoaly trained to gluttonous and filthy habits.— v. [hogged (hogd), -ging.] To cut short the hair of. — To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back. [ME.; perh. W. hivch, a sow. Armor, and Corn, hoch, a hog; Ir. suig, AS. sug a, L. sus, Gr. hus, a sow, q. v.; or perh. fr. Scot. hag, to cut: cf. Prov. G. hacksh, a boar, hacken, to cut.] — Hog of wool. Trade name for the fleece of sheep of the 2d year. [Prov. E. hog, hogget, a young sheep.] — Hog'gish, a. Having the qualities of ahog; gluttonous; filthy; selfish; swinish.— Hog'- 8ty, n. A pen or house for swine. — Hog'-frame, n. A fore-and-aft tru , on steamboats, to prevent vertical flexure. herd, n. A keeper of swine. — •pen, n. A hogsty.