hog
n. பன்றி, இறைச்சிக்காக விதையடித்து வளர்க்கப்படும் ஆண்பன்றி, அழுக்கேறியவன், கீழ்மகன், நாகரிகமற்றவர், பட்டிக்காட்டான், பேராவற்காரன், முதல் கத்திரிப்புக்கு முற்பட்ட ஒரு வயது ஆடு, ஒரு வயது விலங்கு, (வி.) முதுகை உயர்த்து, முதுகை வில்போல் வளை, பிடரிமயிரைக் குறுக்கே வெட்டு, பன்றிப்போலப் பற்று, பன்றிப்போலத் தின்னு, பன்றி போல நடந்துகொள், முரட்டுதனமாக நடத்து.
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.] 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, 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, 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.