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<h1>Hogget</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hog"get</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See Hog, and <er>Hoggerel</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A young boar of the second year.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.</def>

<h1>Hogging</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hog"ging</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from <i>sagging</i>.</def>

<cs><col>Hogging frame</col>. <cd>See <er>Hogframe</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hoggish</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hog"gish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Hog"gish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Hog"gish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>Is not a <b>hoggish</b> life the height of some men's wishes? <i>Shaftesbury.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hogh</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hogh</hw> <tt>(h&omac;)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>haugr</ets> hill, mound; akin to E. <ets>high</ets>. See <er>High</er>.]</ety> <def>A hill; a cliff.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Hogherd</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hog"herd</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A swineherd.</def>

<i>W. Browne.</i>

<h1>Hogmanay</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hog`ma*nay"</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the year, on which children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread or cakes; also, the entertainment given on that day to a visitor, or the gift given to an applicant.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Hognosesnake</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hog"nose`snake"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A harmless North American snake of the genus <spn>Heterodon</spn>, esp. <spn>H. platyrhynos</spn>; -- called also <altname>puffing adder</altname>, <altname>blowing adder</altname>, and <altname>sand viper</altname>.</def>

<h1>Hognut</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hog"nut`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The pignut</def>. See <er>Hickory</er>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>In England, the <spn>Bunium flexuosum</spn>, a tuberous plant.</def>

<h1>Hogo</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Ho"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted from F. <ets>haut go\'96t</ets>.]</ety> <def>High flavor; strong scent</def>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Hogpen</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hog"pen`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A pen or sty for hogs.</def>

<h1>Hogreeve</h1> <Xpage=698>

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