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[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.
         1913 webster

   2. a mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. low.
      1913 webster

   3. a young sheep that has not been shorn. eng.
      1913 webster

   4. naut. a rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a
      ship's bottom under water. --totten.
      1913 webster

   5. paper manuf. a device for mixing and stirring the pulp
      of which paper is made.
      1913 webster

   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
pork \pork\, n. f. porc, l. porcus hog, pig. see farrow a
   litter of pigs, and cf. porcelain, porpoise.
   the flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food.
   1913 webster
see also:
farrow porcelain porpoise 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
pork
     n 1: meat from a domestic hog or pig syn: porc
     2: a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate
        legislators with their constituents syn: pork barrel
see also:
porc pork barrel 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
31 moby thesaurus words for "pork":
   bacon, butt, chitterlings, cochon de lait, cracklings, fat back,
   favors of office, flitch, gammon, ham, ham steak, haslet,
   headcheese, jambon, jambonneau, lard, melon, patronage, picnic ham,
   pieds de cochon, pig, plum, political patronage, pork barrel,
   porkpie, salt pork, side of bacon, small ham, sowbelly,
   suckling pig, trotters





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Salt Pork >> S Words
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National Pork Producers Council
...NPPC's World Pork Expo The 17th Annual World Pork Expo was held June 9- ... Copyright © 2004. National Pork Producers Council. Contact Us | ... ..
http://www.nppc.org/, score=100, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 10:29 pm

Pork Recordings
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PORK.ORG :: NATIONAL PORK BOARD
...2006 Niche Pork Conference for Pork Producers. Pork Checkoff presents ... but the Pork Checkoff is showing consumers how to simplify without ... ..
http://www.porkboard.org/, score=96, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:45 pm

Pork Magazine -- Business Magazine for Professional Pork Producers
...During the last two years, Pork demand has been riding a wave, but the ... Pork in Storage Down from 2004 Levels. (12/26/2005). Total red meat ... ..
http://www.porkmag.com/, score=96, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 12:48 am

The Other White Meat: pork, recipes, ham, cooking, producers
...A Service of the National Pork Board © 2005 National Pork Board   |   ... Recipes   |   Pork Cooking Basics   |   All About Pork   |   Fun Stuff ... ..
http://www.otherwhitemeat.com/, score=95, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:28 pm

The Canadian Pork Council
...World Trade Negotiating Objectives of the Canadian Hog/Pork Industry( ... The Canadian Pork Council invites all industry stakeholders to ... ..
http://www.cpc-ccp.com/, score=95, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 12:12 am

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