Found 3 hits - Term: hog cholera, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hog \hog\ ho^g, n. 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. zool. a quadruped of the genus sus, and allied genera
of suidae; esp., the domesticated varieties of sus
scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called,
respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker;
specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.
1913 webster
note: the domestic hogs of siam, china, and parts of southern
europe, are thought to have been derived from sus
indicus.
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2. a mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. low.
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3. a young sheep that has not been shorn. eng.
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4. naut. a rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a
ship's bottom under water. --totten.
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5. paper manuf. a device for mixing and stirring the pulp
of which paper is made.
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bush hog, ground hog, etc.. see under bush, ground,
etc.
hog caterpillar zool., 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 zool., 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
spondias 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 zool., the peccary.
water hog. zool. see capybara.
1913 webster
see also:
haggis hogget hoggerel sus suidae sus scrofa
lard pork sus indicus bush hog ground hog
bush ground hog caterpillar hawk moth hog cholera
hog deer hog gum symphonia globulifera hog of wool hog peanut
hog plum spondias spondias lutea hog's bean hog's bread
sow bread hog's fennel fennel mexican hog water hog
capybara
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cholera \chol"era\, n. l., a bilious disease. see choler.
med.
one of several diseases affecting the digestive and
intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the
one commonly called asiatic cholera.
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asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease,
originating in asia and frequently epidemic in the more
filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or
specific poison may have been carried. it is characterized
by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps,
pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a
state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of
reaction of fever.
cholera bacillus. see comma bacillus.
cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants,
caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and
especially fatal in large cities.
cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and
purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by
imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.
chicken cholera. see under chicken.
hog cholera. see under hog.
sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the asiatic
cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely
becoming epidemic.
1913 webster
see also:
choler asiatic cholera cholera bacillus comma bacillus cholera infantum cholera morbus
chicken cholera chicken hog cholera hog sporadic cholera
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
hog cholera
n : highly infectious virus disease of swine
Results 1 - 6 of 6 found about hog cholera: Hog
>> H Words
Hog, definition of term: Hog
hog_pag1.html Cholera
>> C Words
Cholera, definition of term: Cholera
cholera_pag1.html Hog Plum
>> H Words
Hog Plum, definition of term: Hog Plum
hog+plum_pag1.html Cholera Bacillu
>> C Words
Cholera Bacillu, definition of term: Cholera Bacillu
cholera+bacillu_pag1.html Bush Hog
>> B Words
Bush Hog, definition of term: Bush Hog
bush+hog_pag1.html Ground Hog
>> G Words
Ground Hog, definition of term: Ground Hog
ground+hog_pag1.html
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