hoggedadj.
/hɒɡd/, U.S. /hɔɡd/, /hɑɡd/ 1. Originally (Nautical) of a ship, its keel, etc.: drooping at bow and stern. Later: having a distinctive arched shape rising in the centre. Cf. hog v.1 2.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > of specific general shape
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [adjective] > drooping at ends
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > raised in centre
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1760 J. F. Durand Mem. Capt. Thurot (Percy Soc.) 29 She has a black lion-head, appears very ill hogged in the midships, and is painted black and red.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Arqué, broken-backed or hogged, drooping at the stem and stern.
1827 Franklin Jrnl. 3 88 The tendency of all ships is to be become [sic] hogged, because the sharpness forward, and the leanness of the bottom aft, do not permit those parts to receive so much support from the water, as it gives at midships.
1865 Brief Hist. Cyclone at Calcutta 5th Oct. 1864 226 Macduff—Afloat, but badly hogged on the port-side.
1896 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 July If the road be ‘hogged’..the wheel slides away from under him [sc. a cyclist], and he falls sideways without the slightest warning.
1923 P. Watts Restoration H.M.S. Victory in Mariner's Mirror (1923) 9 101 She has in the course of her long service become considerably ‘hogged’.
1928 ‘N. Shute’ So Disdained v. 196 From where I stood I could trace the hogged line of the hills from Butser to South Harting.
1981 R. K. McLaren Bluenose & Bluenose II 25 She was most certainly hogged, the bow and stern sagging slightly from the middle.
2000 R. Mayne Lang. Sailing 146 Hog,..to arch in the middle, as when the bow and stern have sagged. Hogged describes a ship in this condition.
2. Of a horse's mane: cropped close to the neck. Also in extended use. Cf. hog v.1 3.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type mane > of mane of
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1764 G. Colman Let. 16 Aug. in St. James's Chron. 21–3 Aug. 4/2 Hogged manes and hogged toupees, came in together.
1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery II. 268 Instances perhaps might be found in the bas-reliefs of the Antonine column..both of the cropt ear, and of the hogged-mane.
1828 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 20 Dec. Lost, (supposed to be Stolen)..a black mare pony, about 12 hands high, aged six years, with a cross on the round bone near side, hogged mane, and a notch on one ear.
1867 R. Broughton Cometh up as Flower I. v. 59 A sedate old cob, with a docked tail and hogged mane.
1921 Art Bull. 10 216 It must also be noticed that the mane is hogged, that the profile of the nose is distinctly concave, and that the horse is controlled by a halter and nose band without use of a bit.
1999 Horse & Rider Sept. 93/3 They are great for tidying up areas like ears, whiskers and the forelock area of a hogged mane—you can get right in there.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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