hogger 
era when at work. See sinker. [North. Eng. 
and Scotch.] 
hoggerel (hog'e-rel), n. [Also hoggrel, hogrel; 
dim. of hogl, n., 4.] A sheep of the second 
year. [Eng.] 
And to the temples first they hast, and seeke 
By sacrifice for grace, with hogrels of two years. 
Surrey, tr. of Virgil, iv. 72. 
hogger-pipe (hog'er-plp), n. In mining, the up- 
per terminal pipe with delivery-hose of the 
mining-pump. [North. Eng.] 
hoggery (hog'er-i), n. ; pi. hoggeries (-iz). [< 
hog'- + -ery, q. v.] 1. A place where hogs or 
swine are kept ; a piggery. 2. A collection of 
hogs or swine. [Rare.] 
Crime and shame, 
And all their hoggery, trample your smooth world, 
Nor leave more foot-marks than Apollo's kine. 
M n. Browning, Aurora Leigh, vll. 
3. Hoggishness; swinishness; brutishness. 
[Kare.] 
hogget (hog'et), n. [Early mod. E. hogat, hog- 
atte; < hog 1 + dim. -et] 1. A young boar of 
the second year. [Eng.] 2. A sheep or colt 
more than one year old. [Eng.] 
Bidens [LA a sheepe with two teeth, or rather that is 
two yeres old, called in some place hogrelles or hogattes. 
Elyot, 1559. 
Farther in ... we found all the rest of the poor sheep 
packed. . . . Two or three of the weaklier hoggets were 
dead from want of air. 
If. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone, xlii. 
hogging, hoggin (hog'ing, -in), . [Perhaps < 
hog 1 + -ing 1 ; "from the rounded form of the 
heap "(?).] Screened or sifted gravel. [Eng.] 
Filter-beds of sand and hoggin. The Engineer, LX V. 32. 
hogging-frame (hog'ing-fram), n. Same as 
hog-frame. 
hoggish (hog'ish), a. [< hog 1 + -isft 1 .] Having 
the characteristics of a hog; swinish; greedy; 
gluttonous; filthy; mean; selfish. 
Those divels so talked of, and feared, are none else but 
hoggish jaylors. Sir T. Ovcrbury, Characters, A Prison. 
Abaddon and Asmodeus caught at me. . . . 
"With colt-like whinny and with hoggish whine 
They burst my prayer. 
Tennyson, St. Simeon Stylites. 
hoggishly (hog'ish-li), adv. In a hoggish, brut- 
ish, gluttonous, or filthy manner, 
hoggishness (hog'ish-nes), n. The character of 
being hoggish ; brutishness; voracious greedi- 
ness in eating ; beastly filthiness; mean selfish- 
ness. 
hoggism (hog'izm), >i. [< hog 1 + 4sm.'] Same 
as hoggishness. 
In hoggism sunk, 
I got with punch, alas ! confounded drunk. 
Wolcot, Peter Pindar, p. 108. 
hog-gum (hog'gum), n. A kind of gum of un- 
certain origin. In the West Indies it is employed as 
a substitute for pitch in tarring boats, ropes, etc. One 
variety is collected from among the roots of old trees of 
Symphonia globuli/era, a species of British Guiana, belong- 
ing to the natural order Q\itt\fcrtt. Another variety is ob- 
tained from Spondfas mangifera, a tree of the dry forests 
of many parts of India and Burma, belonging to the nat- 
ural order Anacardiacece. Other varieties are thought to 
be the product of lihiis ifetopium, of the order Anacar- 
diacece; of Moronobea coccinea, of the order Guttifertx; and 
of Hedimgia balsamifera, of the order Burseracece. It is 
probable that all yield resinous substances of similar qual- 
ities. Also called hog-doctor's gum, doctor-gum. Hog- 
gum tree, a large tree, Moronobea coccinea, from 90 to 100 
feet high, a native of Brazil and the West Indies. 
hoght, n. An obsolete form of how?. 
hogherd (hog'herd), n. [< hog 1 + lierd?.'] A 
keeper of swine ; a swineherd. Also hoggard. 
hoghood (hog'hud), . [< hog 1 + -hood.} The 
nature or condition of a hog. [Rare.] 
Many a Circe island with temporary enchantment, tem- 
porary conversion into beasthood and hoghood. 
Carlyle, French Eev., III. i. 7. 
hog-in-armor (hog'in-ar'mor), n. The nine- 
banded armadillo, Dasypus or Tatusia norem- 
cinctus. F. A. Ober. 
hoglin (hog'lin), n. [< ME. hoglin; < hog* + 
-lin, equiv. to dim. -ling 1 .'] If. A boar. 2. An 
apple-turnover. [Prov. Eng.] 
hoglingt, a. [Appar. < hog 1 + -ling?.] Hog- 
gish (f). 
Sir Robert Hansel being now in the Mediterranean, . . . 
Marquis Spinola should in a hogling Way change his Mas- 
ter for the Time, and, taking Commission from the Empe- 
ror, become his Servant for invading the Palatinate with 
the Forces of the King of Spain in the Netherlands. 
Howell, Letters, I. ii. 9. 
hog-louse (hog'lous), . A terrestrial isopod 
crustacean of the family Oniscidw; a wood- 
louse, sow-bug, or slater. 
And if the worms called wood-lice, or hog-lice, be seen 
in great quantities together, it is a token that it will rain 
shortly after. Husbandman's Practice (1673). 
2852 
hog-mace (hog'mas), n. 1 . The official mace of 
the corporation of Sandwich in England. 2. 
The officer whose badge of office it is. 
It is stated that the hogmace, or sergeant of the brazen 
mace, bears a stout staff with a brazen head. 
Art Jour., 1881, p. 105. 
hogmant, * A kind of loaf. Ord. and Regu- 
lations, p. 69. (Halliwell.) 
hogmanay, n. See hogmcnay. 
hog-mane (hog'man), . The mane of a horse 
cut short or reached so as to stand up, like the 
bristles on a hog's back. 
hog-maned (hog'mand), a. Having a hog- 
mane; reached. 
hog-meat (hog'met), n. In Jamaica, the root 
of the Boerhaaria decumbens. It is emetic, and a 
decoction of it is said to be used as a remedy in dysentery. 
Also called hog's-bread. 
hogmenay, hogmanay (hog'me-na, -ma-na), . 
[Formerly also hogmena, hagmena, hogmyne, etc. ; 
said to be a corruption of F. "augui menez, ' lead 
on to the mistletoe,' a cry which in some parts 
of France the boys that go about begging on 
the last day of December are said to use " (Imp. 
Diet.), but authority for this phrase is lacking; 
prob. a corruption through the Norm. F. forms 
hoguinanno, hoquinano, hoguigagne', haguirenleu, 
haguinelo, haguilennef, etc., perverted forms of 
OF. aguilanneuf, aguillanneu, aguillanneuf, guil- 
lanneuf, etc., F. dial, aiguilan, guilane, guilan- 
neu, prop, au-gui-l'an-ncuf, "the voice of coun- 
trey people begging small presents, or new 
year's gifts, in Christmas: an ancient tearm of 
rejoycing, derived from the Druides, who were 
wont, the first day of January, to go into the 
woods, where having sacrificed and banquetted 
together, they gathered Mistletow, esteeming 
it excellent to make beasts fruitful, and most 
sovereign against all poyson" (Cotgrave). i. e. 
'to the mistletoe! the New Year!': au, < L. ad 
ilium, to the ; guy, now gui, mistletoe (= mod. 
Pr. rise = Cat. tesc = Sp. visco = It. visco, vis- 
chio, < L. viscum, viscus, mistletoe : see viscttm) ; 
le, < L. ille, that; an, < L. annus, year; neuf, < L. 
npnts= E. new. The Sp. aguinaldo, a New Year's 
gift, Christmas box, is from the F. word.] 1. 
The last day of December and of the year ; also, 
the month of December. 2. Entertainment or 
refreshment given to a visitor on the last day of 
the year, or during December; a gift bestowed 
on those who apply for it, according to ancient 
custom, at that time of the year. [North. Eng. 
and Scotch in both senses.] 
Hogmanay. 
Trollolay, 
Gie's o' your white bread and nane o' your gray. 
Old rime. 
They [Scotch youth] 
T he 
the! 
. go about the shops seeking 
.ogrnenay. Hone's Every-day Book, II. 18. 
The cottar weanies, glad and gay, 
Wi' pocks out owre their shouther, 
Sing at the doors for hogmanay. 
Ret. J. Nicol, Poems, I. 27. 
hog-molly (hog'mol' i 'i), n. 1. The hog-mullet 
or hog-sucker, Hypcntelium nigricans. [Local, 
U. S.] 2. Same as hngfish, 1 (b). 
hog-money (hog'mun'i), n. [So called from 
the hog represented on the 
coins.] The coins issued 
at the beginning of the sev- 
enteenth century for circu- 
lation in the Somers Isles 
(now the Bermudas). They 
are of copper, silvered, and 
are of the value of 1*., 6(7., 
3d., and 2(7. 
hog-monkey(hog'muug"ki), 
n. Same as i hog-ape. 
hog-mullet (hog'muFet), n. 
The hog-sucker, Hypentelium nigricans. 
hog-nosed (hog'nozd), a. Having a snout like 
a hog's: specifically applied to American ser- 
pents of the genus Heterodon. 
hognose-snake (hog'noz-snak), . A snake of 
the genus Heterodon, which flattens the head 
when about to strike. It is not venomous. Also 
called flaihead or flat-headed adder, blowing-vi- 
per, etc. See Heterodon. 
hognut (hog'nut), n. 1. The pignut or brown 
hickory, Carya poreina. See hickory. [U. S.] 
2. The earthnut or arnut, Conopodiitm denu~ 
datum (Bunium flexuosum). Also called hawk- 
nut. 3. A species of Omphalea belonging to 
the natural order Euphorbiacete. [Jamaica.] 
hogot (ho'go), n. [Also written hogoe, hogoo; 
an E. spelling of F. haut gout, high flavor : see 
haut 1 , goufi. Cf. hoboy for hautbois.'] High 
flavor ; strong scent. 
hogshead 
Balshazzar's sumptuous feast was heightened by the 
hogo of his delicious meats and drinks. 
M. Griffith, Fear of God and the King (1660), p. 76. 
hog-peanut (hog'pe' / uut), n. A twining plant, 
Amphicarpcea monoica, of the natural order 
Leguminosa?, growing in rich wood-lands in the 
United States, with purplish flowers at the sum- 
mit which seldom produce fruit, and others at 
the base which produce pear-shaped pods usual- 
ly with a single seed, ripening in the ground or 
on its surface under the fallen leaves. 
hog-pen (hog'pen), n. A hog-sty ; a pig-sty. 
hog-plum (hog'plum), n. A plant of the genus 
Spondias, natural order Anacardiacete. Some of 
the species yield pleasant fruits, ffa S. purpurea and S. 
lutea of the West Indies. Their fruit is a common food 
for hogs. A much-esteemed Brazilian dish is prepared 
from the juice of S. tuberosa, mixed with milk, curds, and 
sugar. In North America the name is applied to several 
different plants: Prumte angvsti/olia, the Chickasaw plum 
of the eastern United States ; Khus iletovium, the poison- 
wood or coral-sumac of tropical Florida; and Ximenia 
Americana, the wild lime of Florida, which is perhaps 
introduced from the West Indies. 
hog-rat (hog'rat), n. A West Indian rodent of 
the genus Capromyg, as the Cuban C. pilorides. 
Also hutia-conga, hutia-carabali. 
hog-reeve (hog'rev), n. An officer charged with 
the prevention or appraising of damages by stray 
swine. In England the hog-reeve was formerly a parish 
officer. In New England he was elected as a town officer ; 
and hog-reeves are still chosen in some places, generally 
as a jest, the office being merely nominal. Also called 
hog-constable. 
hogrel (hog'rel), n. See hoggerel. 
hog-ring (hog ' ring), n. A metal ring, clasp, 
or other device inserted in a pig's snout to pre- 
vent it from rooting up the ground. 
hog-ringer (hog'ring'er), n. 1. One who puts 
rings in the snouts of swine. 2. A form of 
pincers for inserting rings in the snouts of 
swine. 
hog-rubber (hog'rub'er), . A low, coarse fellow 
fit only for such work as rubbing hogs. [Rare.] 
The very rusticks and hog-rubbers, ... if once they last 
of this Loue liquor, are Inspired in an instant. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 536. 
hog's-back (hogz'bak), n. Anything shaped like 
the back of a hog ; in geol., same as hogback, 3. 
hog's-bane (hogz'ban), . Same as sowbane. 
hog's-bean (hogz'ben), . [Tr. of Gr. voaKraftof: 
see Hyoscyamus.'] Same as hog-bean. 
hog's-bread (hogz'bred), . Same as hog-meat. 
hog-SCOre (hog'skor), . [< hog?, q. v.,+ score, 
a line.] In the game of curling, a distance-line 
drawn across the rink or course one sixth of 
the way from each of the two tees. 
Now he lags on Death's hog-score. 
Burns, Tarn Samson's Elegy. 
hog's-fennel (hogz'fen^el), n. Same as hog- 
fennel. 
hog's-garlic (hogz'gar < 'lik), n. A kind of garlic, 
Allium ursinum. See garlic. 
hog's-haw (hogz'ha), n. A small tree, Craicegus 
brachyacantha, a native of Louisiana and Texas. 
hogshead (hogz'hed), . [Early mod. E. also 
hoggeshed; < ME. hoggeshcd, hoggis hed, hoggys 
hed, hoggeshede (1434) ; in form < hog's, poss. of 
hog 1 , + head. But the word is prob. an adapted 
form of what would reg. be oxhead (not found 
in this sense), < MD. ockshoofd, oghshoofd (Kil- 
ian), later okshoofd, oxhoofd (Sewel), now oks- 
hoofd = LG. okshoofd, oxhoofd (Bremen Diet.), 
> G. oxhoft, ochfhoft (the G. ochsenhaubt (1691) 
being an accom. form); cf. Dan. oxehoved = 
OSw. oxhufwud, Sw. oxhufcud, a hogshead, lit., 
as the Dan. term also signifies, an 'oxhead,' 
= E. oxhead, q. v. The D. and LG. forms may 
be accom. from the Scand.; the reg. forms for 
'oxhead' are D. ossenhoofd, LG. *ossenhoved or 
-hofd. The reason why the name was applied 
to a cask is not certainly known; perhaps be- 
cause such casks had the figure of an ox's head 
branded on them, or in allusion to a figure of 
the head of Bacchus, with golden horns, sup- 
posed to have adorned such casks. The 6. 
tocsaid, hogshead, is from the E.] 1. A large 
cask for liquors, etc. 
Swallowed with yest and froth, as you'd thrust a cork 
into a hogshead. Shak., W. T., lil 3. 
Specifically (a) A cask having the definite capacity of 63 
old wine-gallons, 54 beer-gallons, etc. See def . 2. 
Now as for wine-vessels, they are seldom smaller than 
hogsheads which are of 63 gallons. 
JL Recorde, Grounde of Artes. 
(6) A cask having a capacity of from 100 to 140 gallons : as, 
a hogshead of sugar, molasses, or tobacco. 
2. A liquid measure containing 63 old wine- 
gallons (equal to 52^ imperial gallons), this 
value having been fixed by an English statute of 
1423. The hogshead of molasses was made 100 gallons 
