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hog(2) (iou)



hog verb. Infl. -gg-. M17.
[from the noun.]
I.
verb trans. Nautical. Clean the bottom of (a ship) with a hog. Now rare. M17.
verb trans. Curling. Play (a stone) without enough force for it to cross the hog-score. E19.
II.
verb trans. Cut (a horse's mane) short so that it stands up like a hog's bristles. M18.
verb trans. Arch (the back); cause (a boat, plank, etc.) to rise archwise in the centre and sag at the ends as a result of strain. L18.
Wellington Draught bullocks...stick in the mud, hog their backs, droop their heads and die.
b. verb intrans. Arch the back; (of a ship) rise archwise in the centre. L18.
verb trans. Appropriate greedily or selfishly; take an unduly large share of for oneself, monopolize. colloq. L19.
A. Brookner My mother..hogged all the attention at my wedding. Brides & Setting up Home Who hogs the duvet is no longer a problem.
b. verb trans. Eat (something) greedily. colloq. E20.
C. Thubron A modern restaurant where I hogged down two bowls of the meat soup.
c. verb trans. with it & intrans. Behave as a road-hog, monopolize the road. E20.
III.
verb trans. Keep (a lamb) over winter for sale the following year. Now chiefly Scot. E19.
verb trans. Feed swine on (a crop or crop-covered land). Also foll. by down, off. US colloq. M19.
Comb.: hog-mane a hogged mane; hog-maned adjective having a hog-mane.