Young+hog
11Hog's bread — Hog Hog (h[o^]g), n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc h, hoc h. Cf. {Haggis}, {Hogget}, and {Hoggerel}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Sus}, and allied genera… …
12Hog's fennel — Hog Hog (h[o^]g), n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc h, hoc h. Cf. {Haggis}, {Hogget}, and {Hoggerel}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Sus}, and allied genera… …
13hog — [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… …
14hog — {{11}}hog (n.) late 12c. (implied in hogaster), swine reared for slaughter (usually about a year old), also used by stockmen for young sheep (mid 14c.) and for horse older than one year, suggesting the original sense had something to do with an… …
15hog — n. & v. n. 1 a a domesticated pig, esp. a castrated male reared for slaughter. b any of several other pigs of the family Suidae, e.g. a wart hog. 2 colloq. a greedy person. 3 (also hogg) Brit. dial. a young sheep before the first shearing. v.… …
16hog — 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 …
17hog — [OE] Hog generally means ‘pig’, of course, and has done so since the late Old English period, but it is also a technical term used by farmers and stockmen for a ‘young sheep before its first sheering’, a usage which seems to go back at least to… …
18hog — noun 1》 a pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter. 2》 informal a greedy person. 3》 informal a large motorcycle. 4》 (also hogg) dialect a young sheep before the first shearing. verb (hogs, hogging, hogged) 1》 informal take or hoard… …
19hog — [OE] Hog generally means ‘pig’, of course, and has done so since the late Old English period, but it is also a technical term used by farmers and stockmen for a ‘young sheep before its first sheering’, a usage which seems to go back at least to… …
20hog house — ▪ agriculture also called pigpen building for housing swine, particularly one with facilities for housing a number of hogs under one roof. Typical housing protects against extremes of heat and cold and provides draft free ventilation,… …
