Hoe, v. i. To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
Hoe"cake` (?), n. A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before
the fire or in the ashes; -- so called because often cooked on a hoe.
[Southern U.S.]
Hoe"moth`er (?), n. [A local Orkney name; cf. Icel. hr.] (Zoˆl.) The
basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under
Liver.
Ho"ful (?), a. [AS. hogful, hohful, fr. hogu care, anxiety.] Careful;
wary. [Obs.] Stapleton.
Hog (?), 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. (Zoˆl.) A quadruped of the genus Sus,
and allied genera of SuidÊ; 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.
The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are
thought to have been derived from Sus Indicus.