HOEMOTHER
Hoe"moth`er, n. Etym: [A local Orkney name; cf. Icel.har.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The basking or liver shark; — called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver.
HOFUL
Ho"ful, a. Etym: [AS.hogful, hohful, fr. hogu care, anxiety.]
Defn: Careful; wary. [Obs.] Stapleton.
HOG
Hog, n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidæ; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.
Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from Sus Indicus.
2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]
3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.]