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ˈhog-backed, a.
[f. prec. + -ed2.]
1. Having a back like a hog.
1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. iii. 186 Being you were hog⁓backt, you must needs have more of them [bristles] about you. 1675Lond. Gaz. No. 970/4 Likewise one light iron gray Gelding, with strong limbs, a little Hog-backed. 1758Descr. Thames 183 The Pearch is Hog-backed. 1884West. Daily Press 26 Jan. 3/2 This elephant is..hog-backed.
2. Having a rise in the middle like a hog's back.
1852–61Archit. Publ. Soc. Dict. IV. 64 Hog-backed, the term used by common work-people for the rise purposely made in the centre of any very long line, such as the ridge of a barn roof. 1862Rawlinson Anc. Mon. I. i. 229 In form they [hills] are hog-backed. 1893C. Hodges in Reliquary Jan. 11 The class of early grave covers, known as ‘hog⁓backed’ stones. |