4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom
under water. Totten.
5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which
paper is made.
Bush hog, Ground hog, etc.. See under Bush, Ground, etc. -- Hog
caterpillar (Zoˆl.), 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 (Zoˆl.),
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 (S. 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 (Zoˆl.), the
peccary. -- Water hog. (Zoˆl.) See Capybara.
Hog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hogged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hogging.] 1. To
cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Smart.