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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Hŏg'-frāme, n.p. 631(Steam-vessels.) A fore-and-aft frame, usually above deck, and forming, together with the frame of the vessel, a truss to prevent vertical flexure. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers.…
  2. Hŏg'ger, n.p. 631A stocking without a foot, worn by coal-miners at their work.
  3. Hŏg'ger-el, n.p. 631A sheep of the second year; a hogget. Ash.
  4. Hŏg'ger-pŭmp, n.p. 631(Mining.) The top pump in the pit. Simmonds.
  5. Hŏg'ger-y, n.p. 631Hoggish character or manners; beastliness; greedy selfishness; coarseness; brutal meanness; hoggishness; swinishness. [Rare.] Crime and shame, And all their hoggery, trample your smooth world. E. B.…
  6. Hŏg'get, n.p. 631A young boar of the second year. 2. A sheep or colt after it has passed its first year. Halliwell.
  7. Hŏg'ging-frāme, n.p. 631See HOG-FRAME.
  8. Hŏg'gish, a.p. 631Having the qualities of a hog; brutish; gluttonous; filthy; mean; selfish; swinish.
  9. Hŏg'gish-ly, adv.p. 631In a hoggish, gluttonous, or filthy manner; swinishly.
  10. Hŏg'gish-ness, n.p. 631Voracious greediness in eating; beastly filthiness; mean selfishness; swinishness.
  11. Hŏg'grel, n.p. 631A hoggerel. Surrey.
  12. Hŏg'-gŭm, n.p. 631(Bot.) A plant; the Rhus metopium of Jamaica.
  13. Hŏgh, n.p. 631A hill; a cliff. [Obs.] Spenser.
  14. Hŏg'-hērd, n.p. 631A keeper of swine. Browne.
  15. Hŏg'nōse-snāke, n.p. 631(Zoöl.) A non-venomous snake, of two species of Heterodon; a flat-head adder. It flattens its head when about to strike.
  16. Hō'go, n.p. 631High flavor; strong scent. [Law.] Halliwell.
  17. Hŏg'-pēa'nut, n.p. 631(Bot.) A vine (Amphi-carpaea monoica) having purplish flowers, and also subterranean or semi-subterranean flowers, that become fleshy, pea-shaped fruits;—found in the United States.
  18. Hŏg'-pĕn, n.p. 631A pen or sty for hogs.
  19. Hŏg'-plŭm, n.p. 631A tropical tree, of the genus Spondias (S. purpurea and other species), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs;—found in the West Indies.
  20. Hŏg'-rĭng'er, n.p. 631One who puts rings into the snouts of hogs.
  21. Hŏg'-rŭb'ber, n.p. 631A coarse clown fit for such work as rubbing hogs. [Obs.] J. Webster.
  22. Hŏg's'-bēan, n.p. 631(Bot.) A plant; Hyoscy-amus niger, and other species of Hyoscyamus: henbane. Ainsworth.
  23. Hŏg's'-brēad, n.p. 631A certain plant. Ainsworth.
  24. Hŏg's'-fēn'nel, n.p. 631(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant; Peucedanum officinale, or sulphur-wort. Eng. Cyc.
  25. Hŏgs'hĕad, n.p. 631An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52½ imperial gallons; a half-pipe. The old ale hogshead contained 54 ale gallons, or nearly 55 imperial gallons. McCulloch. 2. A…
  26. Hŏg'-shēar'ing, n.p. 631Great ado about nothing. [Ludicrous and rare.]
  27. Hŏg'-skin, n.p. 631Leather tanned from the skins of swine.
  28. Hŏg's'-mŭsh'rōom, n.p. 631A certain plant. Ainsworth.
  29. Hŏg'steer, n.p. 631A wild boar of three years old. [Obs.]
  30. Hŏg'stȳ, n.p. 631A pen or inclosure for hogs.
  31. Hŏg'wash, n.p. 631The refuse matters of a kitchen or brewery, or like matter for swine; swill. Arbuthnot.
  32. Hŏg'-weed, n.p. 631(Bot.) A common weed; Ambrosia artemisiæfolia.
  33. Hōhl'spath, n.p. 631(Min.) The same as HOLLOW-SPAR.
  34. Hoi, v. i.p. 631See HAW.
  35. Hoi'den, n.p. 631A rude, bold girl; a romp. 2. A rude, bold man; a hobbledehoy. [Obs.] Milton.
  36. Hoi'den, a.p. 631Rude; bold; inelegant; rustic. Young.
  37. Hoi'den, v. i.p. 632To romp rudely or indecently. Swift.
  38. Hoi'den-ho͝od, n.p. 632State of being a hoiden.
  39. Hoi'den-ĭsh, a.p. 632Like, or appropriate to, a hoiden.
  40. Hoise, v. t.p. 632To hoist. [Obs.] Chapman. Shak.
  41. Hoist, v. t.p. 632To raise; to lift; to exalt; to elevate; to heave; especially, to raise, to lift, or bear upward by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. He was the subversion and fall of…
  42. Hoist, n.p. 632That by which any thing is hoisted; a machine for elevating goods. 2. The act of hoisting. [Colloq.] 3. (Naut.) The perpendicular height of a flag or sail, as opposed to the fly, or breadth from the…
  43. Hoist'ing-ēn'gîne, n.p. 632A stationary or portable steam-engine for actuating hoisting machinery.
  44. Hoit, v. i.p. 632To leap; to caper. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
  45. Hoi'ty-toi'ty, a.p. 632Thoughtless, giddy, haughty, flighty, gay, and noisy, as, to be in hoity-toity spirits;—used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt. Hoity-toity!…
  46. Hōke'-day, n.p. 632The same as HOCK-DAY.
  47. Hō'ker-ly, adv.p. 632In a scornful manner; disdainfully. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  48. Hōl'cad, n.p. 632A large ship of burden in ancient Greece. Milford.
  49. Hōl'cus, n.p. 632(Bot.) A genus of perennial grasses; soft grass.
  50. Hōld, v. t.p. 632To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain. The…
  51. Hōld, v. i.p. 632To keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed; as, (a.) Not to move; to halt; to stop; —mostly in the imperative. “And damned be he that first cries, ‘Hold! enough.’” Shak.…
  52. Hōld, n.p. 632The act of holding; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe;—often used with the verbs take and lay. Take fast hold of instruction. Prov. iv. 13. Rather thou…
  53. Hōld'băck, n.p. 632Check; hinderance; restraint; obstacle. Hammond. 2. The iron or strap on the thill of a vehicle, to which a part of the harness is attached, in order to hold back the carriage from the animal…
  54. Hōld'er, n.p. 632One who holds, grasps, embraces, confines, restrains, believes, possesses, and the like. 2. Something by which a thing is held. 3. (Naut.) One who is employed in the hold of a vessel. Totten.
  55. Hōld'er-fōrth', n.p. 632One who holds forth; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison.
  56. Hōld'-fäst, n.p. 632Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long, flat-headed nail, a catch, a hook, &c. Hebert.
  57. Hōld'ing, n.p. 632A tenure; a farm held of a superior; any thing that is held. Carew. 2. The burden or chorus of a song. [Obs.] Shak. 3. That which holds, binds, or influences; hold; influence; power. Burke.
  58. Hōle, n.p. 632A hollow place or cavity; a rent, fissure, crevice, pit, perforation, excavation, or the like. Jehoiada, the priest, took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it. 2 Kings xii. 9. 2. An excavation…
  59. Hōle, v. i.p. 632To go into a hole. B. Jonson.
  60. Hōle, v. t.p. 632To cut, dig, or make a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars. “With throwing of the holed stone, with hurling of their darts.” Chapman. 2. To drive into a hole, as…