HOG, n.

1. A swine; a general name of that species of animal.

2. In England, a castrated sheep of a year old.

3. A bullock of a year old.

4. A brutal fellow; one who is mean and filthy.

5. Among seamen, a sort of scrubbing-broom for scraping a ship's bottom under water.

, v.i. To bend, so as to resemble in some degree a hog's back; as, a ship hogs in lanching.