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Hoarstone (hōrstōn), n. A stone designating the bounds of an estate; a landmark. Halliwell.
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Hoary (?), a. 1. White or whitish. “The hoary willows.” Addison.
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2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.
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Reverence the hoary head. Dr. T. Dwight.
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3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.
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4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] Knolles.
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5. (Zoöl.) Of a pale silvery gray.
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6. (Bot.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.
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Coloq. Hoary bat (Zoöl.), an American bat (Atalapha cinerea), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.
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Hoatzin (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Hoax (?), n. [Prob. contr. fr. hocus, in hocus-pocus.] A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke. Macaulay.
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Hoax, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoaxed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoaxing.] To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively. Lamb.
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Hoaxer (?), n. One who hoaxes.
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Hoazin (?), n. (Zoöl.) A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. By some zoölogists it is made the type of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).
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Hob (?), n. [Prob. akin to hump. Cf. . ]
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1. The hub of a wheel. See . Washington.
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2. The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm. Smart.
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3. (Mech.) A threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.
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4. A peg, pin, or mark used as a target in some games, as an iron pin in quoits; also, a game in which such a target is used.
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Hob, n. [Orig. an abbrev. of Robin, Robert; Robin Goodfellow a celebrated fairy, or domestic spirit. Cf. , and see .] 1. A fairy; a sprite; an elf. [Obs.]
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From elves, hobs, and fairies, . . .
Defend us, good Heaven ! Beau. & FL.
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2. A countryman; a rustic; a clown. [Obs.] Nares.

Hob, n. (Zoöl.) The male ferret.
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{ Hobanob (?), Hobandnob, } v. i. Same as . Tennyson.
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Hobbism (?), n. The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist (1588-1679); esp., his political theory that the most perfect form of civil government is an absolute monarchy with despotic control over everything relating to law, morals, and religion.
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Hobbist (?), n. One who accepts the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes.
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Hobble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hobbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling (?).] [OE. hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop; akin to D. hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See to jump, and cf. ] 1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
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The friar was hobbling the same way too. Dryden.
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2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. Prior.
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The hobbling versification, the mean diction. Jeffreys.
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Hobble, v. t. 1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. “ They hobbled their horses.” Dickens
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2. To perplex; to embarrass.
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Hobble, n. 1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait. Swift.
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2. Same as .
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3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. Waterton.
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Hobblebush (?), n. (Bot.) A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.
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{ Hobbledehoy (?), Hobbletehoy (?), } n. [Written also hobbetyhoy, hobbarddehoy, hobbedehoy, hobdehoy.] [ Cf. Prob. E. hobbledygee with a limping movement; also F. hobereau, a country squire, E. hobby, and OF. hoi to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of to-day.] A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow . [Colloq.]
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All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. .
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Hobbler (?), n. One who hobbles.
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Hobbler, n. [OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL. hobellarius. See a horse.] (Eng. Hist.) One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby. Hallam. Sir J. Davies.
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Hobble skirt. A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble. -- Hobble-skirted, a.
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Hobblingly (?), adv. With a limping step.
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Hobbly (?), a. Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly road.
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Hobby (?), n.; pl. Hobbies (#). [OE. hobi; cf. OF. hobe, hobé, F. hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober to move, stir. Cf. a horse.] (Zoöl.) A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.

{ Hobby (?), Hobbyhorse (?), } n. [OE. hobin a nag, OF. hobin hobby; cf. hober to stir, move; prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hoppe a mare, dial. Sw. hoppa; perh. akin to E. hop to jump.] 1. A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. Johnson.
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2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride. [ Usually under the form hobbyhorse.]
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3. A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion. [Usually under the form hobby.]
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Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the phrase of Sterne. Macaulay.
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Hobbyhorsical (?), n. Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.[Colloq.] Sterne.
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Hobgoblin (?), n. [See 2d Hob, and .] A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. Macaulay.
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Hobiler (?), n.[See 2d .] A light horseman. See 2d . [Obs.] Brande & C.
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Hobit (?), n. [See .] (Mil.) A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.
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Hobnail (?), n. [1st hob + nail.] 1. A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.
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2. A clownish person; a rustic. Milton.
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Coloq. Hobnail liver (Med.), a disease in which the liver is shrunken, hard, and covered with projections like hobnails; one of the forms of cirrhosis of the liver.
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Hobnail, v. t. To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
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Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. Tennyson.
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Hobnailed (?), a. See with hobnails, as a shoe.
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Hobnob (?), adv. [AS. habban to have + habban to have not; ne not + habban to have. See , and cf. .] 1. Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking. Shak.
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2. At random; hit or miss. (Obs.) Holinshed.
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Hobnob, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hornobbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hornobbing.] 1. To drink familiarly (with another). [ Written also hob-a-nob.]
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2. To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms; as, to hobnob with the political elite.
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Hobnob, n. Familiar, social intercourse. W. Black.
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Hobo (?), n.; pl. Hobos or Hoboes (#). [Of uncertain origin.] A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living. [U. S.] -- Hoboism (#), n.
Syn. -- tramp, bum.
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Hobornob (?), adv. See .
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Hoboy (?), n. A hautboy or oboe. [Obs.]
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Hobson's choice (?). A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.
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☞ It is said to have had its origin in the name of one Hobson, at Cambridge, England, who let horses, and required every customer to take in his turn the horse which stood next the stable door.
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Hocco (?), n. (Zoöl.) The crested curassow; -- called also royal pheasant. See .
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Hochepot (?), n. Hotchpot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hock (?), n. [So called from Hochheim, in Germany.] A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.

Hock, Hough (�), n. [ AS. h�h the heel; prob. akin to Icel. hāsinn hock sinew, Dan. hasc, G. hechse, hächse, LG. hacke, D. hak; also to L. coxa hip (cf. ), Skr. kaksha armpit. √12. Cf. .] 1. (a) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man. (b) A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot.
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2. The popliteal space; the ham.
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Hock, v. t. 1. To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
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2. To pawn; as, to hock one's jewelry.
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Hock, n. 1. The state of having been pawned; usually preceded by in; as, all her jewelry is in hock.
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2. The state of being in debt; as, it took him two years to get out of hock.
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Hockamore (?), n. [See 1st .] A Rhenish wine. [Obs.] See . Hudibras.
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Hockday (?), n. [Cf. AS. hōcor mockery, scorn.] A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide. [Eng.] [Written also hokeday.]
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Hockey (?), n. [From , n.] 1. A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.
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2. The stick used by the players. [Written also hookey and hawkey.]
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Hockherb (?), n. (Bot.) The mallow.
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Hockle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hockled(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hockling (?).] [From 2d .] 1. To hamstring; to hock; to hough. Hanmer.
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2. To mow, as stubble. Mason.
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Hocus (?), v. t. [See .] 1. To deceive or cheat. Halliwell.
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2. To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker. Dickens.
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3. To stupefy with drugged liquor. Thackeray.
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Hocus, n. 1. One who cheats or deceives. South.
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2. Drugged liquor.
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Hocus-pocus (?), n. [Prob. invented by jugglers in imitation of Latin. Cf. , .] 1. A term used by magicians or conjurers in pretended incantations.
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2. A juggler or trickster. [Archaic] Sir T. Herbert.
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3. A magician's trick; a cheat; nonsense. Hudibras.
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4. Obfuscating talk or elaborate but meaningless activity intended to hide a deception or to obscure what is actually happening; verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
Syn. -- trickery, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery.
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Hocus-pocus, v. t. To cheat. [Colloq.] L'Estrange.
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Hod (hŏd), n. [Prov. E. for hold, i. e., that which holds. See .] 1. A kind of wooden tray with a handle, having V-shaped trough, made of wood or metal, attached to a long handle and usually carried over the shoulder; it is a tool used by construction workers for carrying bricks or mortar.
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2. A utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle.
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hod carrier (hocr/d kăr~rĭẽr) n. A construction worker whose main function is to carry construction materials in a hod{1}.
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Hoddengray (?), a. [Perh. akin to E. hoiden rustic, clownish.] Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants. [Scot.]
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Hoddy (?), n. [Prob. for hooded.] (Zoöl.) See Dun crow, under , a.
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Hoddydoddy (?), n. [Prob. E. also hoddypeke, hoddypoule, hoddymandoddy.] An awkward or foolish person. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Hodgepodge (?), n. A mixed mass; a medley. See . Johnson.
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Hodgkin's disease (?). (Med.) A morbid condition characterized by progressive anæmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.

{ Hodiern (?), Hodiernal (?), } a. [L. hodiernus, fr. hodie today.] Of this day; belonging to the present day. [R.] Boyle. Quart. Rev.
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Hodman (?), n.; pl. Hodmen(�). A man who carries a hod; a mason's tender.
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Hodmandod (?), n. [Obs.] See . Bacon.
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Hodograph (?), n. [Gr.� path + graph.] (Math.) A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces.
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hodometer (h�dŏm�tẽr), n. [Gr. odometron, odometros, an instrument for measuring distance; odos way, path, road + metron measure: cf. F. odométre, hodométre. See also .] A device for measuring the length of a path, consisting of a wheel of known circumference attached to a rod held in the hand, and pushed along a surface, which is usually the ground or a floor. The number of times the wheel makes a complete circle multiplied by the circumference is a measure of the length of the path traversed. It may be used to measure distances on curved as well as straight paths. A variant which registers the miles and rods traversed is sometimes used by surveyors.
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Hodr prop. n. 1. A blind god; misled by Loki he kills Balder by throwing a bough of mistletoe.
Syn. -- Hoth, Hothr, Hoder.
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Hoe (?), n. [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. houwa, howa, G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See to cut.] 1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.
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2. (Zoöl.) The horned or piked dogfish. See .
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Coloq. Dutch hoe , one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade. -- Coloq. Horse hoe , a kind of cultivator.
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Hoe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoeing.] [Cf. F. houer.] To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn.
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Coloq. To hoe one's row , to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]
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Hoe, v. i. To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
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Hoecake (?), n. A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; -- so called because often cooked on a hoe. [Southern U.S.]
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Hoemother (?), n. [A local Orkney name; cf. Icel. hār.] (Zoöl.) The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under .
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Hoful (?), a. [AS. hogful, hohful, fr. hogu care, anxiety.] Careful; wary. [Obs.] Stapleton.
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Hog (hŏg), 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. , , and .] 1. (Zoöl.) A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidæ; esp., the domesticated varieties of Sus scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.
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☞ The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from Sus Indicus.
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2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]
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3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.]
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4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. Totten.
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5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made.
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Coloq. Bush hog , Coloq. Ground hog , etc.. See under , , etc. -- Coloq. Hog caterpillar (Zoöl.), the larva of the green grapevine sphinx; -- so called because the head and first three segments are much smaller than those behind them, so as to make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See . -- Coloq. Hog cholera , an epidemic contagious fever of swine, attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser.) -- Coloq. Hog deer (Zoöl.), the axis deer. -- Coloq. Hog gum (Bot.), West Indian tree (Symphonia globulifera), yielding an aromatic gum. -- Coloq. Hog of wool , the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep of the second year. -- Coloq. Hog peanut (Bot.), a kind of earth pea. -- Coloq. Hog plum (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus Spondias (Spondias lutea), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies. -- Coloq. Hog's bean (Bot.), the plant henbane. -- Coloq. Hog's bread .(Bot.) See . -- Coloq. Hog's fennel . (Bot.) See under . -- Coloq. Mexican hog (Zoöl.), the peccary. -- Coloq. Water hog . (Zoöl.) See .
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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.
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2. (Naut.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
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Hog, v. i. (Naut.) 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.
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hogan n. An earth-covered Navajo lodge; it is traditionally built with the entrance facing east.
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Hogback (?), n. 1. (Arch.) An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber.
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2. (Naut.) See .
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3. (Geol.) A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.
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Hogchain (?), n. A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.
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Hogchoker (?), n. (Zoöl.) An American sole (Achirus lineatus syn. Achirus achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value.
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Hogcote (?), n. A shed for swine; a sty.
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Hogfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnolæmus). (b) The pigfish or sailor's choice. (c) An American fresh-water fish; the log perch. (d) A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish (Scorpæna scrofa).
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Hogframe (?), n. (Steam Vessels) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.
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Hogged (?), a. (Naut.) Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See , v. i.
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Hogger (?), n. A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.
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Hoggerel (?), n. [From the same source as hog; prob. orig., a sheep clipped the first year. See .] A sheep of the second year. [Written also hogrel.] Ash.
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Hogger-pipe (hŏggẽr-pīp), n. (Mining) The upper terminal pipe of a mining pump. Raymond.
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