4. (Naut.)
Defn: A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. Totten.
5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. Bush hog, Ground hog, etc. See under Bush, Ground, etc. — 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 Hawk moth. — 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. )— Hog deer (Zoöl.), the axis deer. — Hog gum (Bot.), West Indian tree (Symphonia globulifera), yielding an aromatic gum. — Hog of wool, the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep of the second year. — Hog peanut (Bot.), a kind of earth pea. — Hog plum (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus Spondias (S. lutea), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies. — Hog's bean (Bot.), the plant henbane. — Hog's bread.(Bot.) See Sow bread. — Hog's fennel. (Bot.) See under Fennel. — Mexican hog (Zoöl.), the peccary. — Water hog. (Zoöl.) See Capybara.
HOG
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.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
HOG
Hog, v. i. (Naut.)
Defn: 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.
HOGBACK
Hog"back`, n.