Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HOG, n. [W. hwç, a hog, a push or thrust; Arm. houch; probably so named from his snout, or from rooting; Sp. hocico, the snout of a beast; hocicar, to root.]

1. A swine; a general name of that species of animal.
2. In England, a castrated sheep of a year old. Ash.
3. A bullock of a year old. Ash.
4. A brutal fellow; one who is mean and filthy.
5. Among seamen, a sort of scrubbing-broom for scraping a ship's bottom under water. Mar. Dict.