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▪ I. ˈhog-tie, v. orig. U.S.
[hog n.1 1.]
trans. To secure by tying the four feet, or the hands and feet, together. Also fig., to fetter.
1894Harper's Mag. Feb. 356 A cow was soon caught..thrown down, and hog-tied, which means all four feet together. 1903A. Adams Log Cowboy xi. 75 We threw him, hog-tied him and rolled him into the water. 1905A. H. Lewis Sunset Trail i. 3 Something wherewith he might hogtie steers when in the course of duty he must rope and throw them. 1906S. E. White in McClure's Mag. Mar. 518/1 In time he got to be a fairly accurate and very quick shot. The same way with roping and hog-tying and all the rest. 1907― Arizona Nights iii. xii. 300 With a short piece of hard rope the cow-boy always carries to ‘hog-tie’ cattle, he lashed her wrists together. 1910W. M. Raine B. O'Connor (1920) xx. 226 He's hogtied to the scenery long enough to do my business. 1924C. E. Mulford Rustlers' Valley xi. 136 However, just now we got to hog-tie our soarin' spirits. 1926J. Black You can't Win xvii. 240 When I was caught in a burglary, overpowered, hog-tied, and waiting for the waggon. 1961R. P. Hobson Rancher takes Wife xv. 180 We hogtied the three..calves we were caring for and heaved them into the boat. 1968Word Study Oct. 6/1 It often results in the present stupidly allowing itself to be hog-tied by the past. 1972Daily Tel. 2 Nov. 19 Sir Stephen McAdden..said judges were hog-tied by stipulations banning sentences between six and 18 months on people under 21. 1973J. Ashford Double Run xv. 132 They thought they'd got him hog-tied whereas in fact he was helping to play them for suckers.
▪ II. ˈhog-tie, n. U.S.
[f. the vb.]
The form of securing or fettering produced by ‘hog-tying’; a secure hold.
1910W. M. Raine B. O'Connor (1920) vi. 78 They sure do hate to turn loose a gringo when they have got the hog⁓tie on him. 1940E. T. Seton Trail of Artist-Naturalist 321 The two cowmen jerked loose the hog-ties, the broncos sprang to their feet, and of course ran away. |