Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: HOE – HOG'S'-MUSH-ROOMS
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HOE, v.i.
To use a hoe.
HOE, v.t.
- To cut, dig, scrape or clean with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; to hoe the beds.
- To clear from weeds; as, to hoe maiz; to hoe cabbages.
HOED, pp.
Cleared from weeds, or loosened by the hoe.
HOE'ING, ppr.
- Cutting, scraping or digging with a hoe.
- Clearing of weeds with a hoe.
HO'FUL, a. [Sax. hohfull, hogfull; hoga, care, and full.]
Careful. [Obs.]
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.]
- A swine; a general name of that species of animal.
- In England, a castrated sheep of a year old. Ash.
- A bullock of a year old. Ash.
- A brutal fellow; one who is mean and filthy.
- Among seamen, a sort of scrubbing-broom for scraping a ship's bottom under water. Mar. Dict.
HOG, v.i.
To bend, so as to resemble in some degree a hog's back; as, a ship hogs in lanching.
HOG, v.t.
- To scrape a ship's bottom under water.
- [G. hocken.] To carry on the back. [Local.] Grose.
- To cut the hair short, like the bristles of a hog. [Local.]
HOG'COTE, n. [hog and cote.]
A shed or house for swine; a sty. Mortimer.
HOG'GED, pp.
- Scraped under water.
- Curving; having the ends lower than the middle. Eton.
HOG'GER-EL, n.
- A sheep of the second year. Ash.
- A two year old ewe. Ainsworth.
HOG'GET, n. [Norm. hoget.]
- A sheep two years old. Skinner.
- A colt of a year old, called also hog-colt. [Local.] Grose.
- A young boar of the second year. Cyc.
HOG'GING, ppr.
Scraping under water.
HOG'GISH, a.
Having the qualities of a hog; brutish; glutinous; filthy; mean; selfish.
HOG'GISH-LY, adv.
In a brutish, gluttonous or filthy manner.
HOG'GISH-NESS, n.
Brutishness; voracious greediness in eating; beastly filthiness; mean selfishness.
HOGH, n. [See High.]
A hill; a cliff. [Obs.] Spenser.
HOG'HERD, n. [hog and herd.]
A keeper of swine. Browne.
HOG'PEN, n. [hog and pen.]
A hogsty.
HOG'PLUM-TREE, n.
A tree of the genus Spondias.
HOG'RING-ER, n.
One whose business is to put rings in the snouts of swine.
HOG'S'-BEAN, n. [A mere translation of the Gr. Υοσκυαμος.]
A plant, Hyoscyamus niger, and other species of the genus Hyoscyamus. Ainsworth.
HOG'S'-FEN-NEL, n.
A plant of the genus Peucedanum.
HOGS'HEAD, n. [D. oxhoofd; G. oxhoft; Dan. oxehoved; Sw. oxhufvud; that is, oxhead. The English orthography is grossly corrupt.]
- A measure of capacity, containing 63 gallons.
- In America, this name is often given to a butt, a cask containing from 110 to 120 gallons; as, a hogshead of spirit or melasses.
- A large cask of indefinite contents. Bacon.
A plant. Ainsworth.