Hogfish

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
     One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
     vessels; one who understands the practical management of
     ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
     seaman.
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     Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
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     {Sailor's choice}. (Zool.)
     (a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus rhomboides},
         syn. {Lagodon rhomboides}) of the Southern United States;
         -- called also {porgy}, {squirrel fish}, {yellowtail},
         and {salt-water bream}.
     (b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis chrysopterus} syn.
         {Pomadasys chrysopterus}), an excellent food fish common
         on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called
         also {hogfish}, and {pigfish}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hogfish \Hog"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) A large West Indian and Florida food fish
         ({Lachnol[ae]mus}).
     (b) The pigfish or sailor's choice.
     (c) An American fresh-water fish; the log perch.
     (d) A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish
         ({Scorp[ae]na scrofa}).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pigfish \Pig"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; --
         called also {hogfish}.
     (b) A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several
         other fishes.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Log \Log\, n. [Icel. l[=a]g a felled tree, log; akin to E. lie.
     See {Lie} to lie prostrate.]
     1. A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing
        or sawing.
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     2. [Prob. the same word as in sense 1; cf. LG. log, lock,
        Dan. log, Sw. logg.] (Naut.) An apparatus for measuring
        the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
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     Note: The common log consists of the log-chip, or logship,
           often exclusively called the log, and the log line, the
           former being commonly a thin wooden quadrant of five or
           six inches radius, loaded with lead on the arc to make
           it float with the point up. It is attached to the log
           line by cords from each corner. This line is divided
           into equal spaces, called knots, each bearing the same
           proportion to a mile that half a minute does to an
           hour. The line is wound on a reel which is so held as
           to let it run off freely. When the log is thrown, the
           log-chip is kept by the water from being drawn forward,
           and the speed of the ship is shown by the number of
           knots run out in half a minute. There are improved
           logs, consisting of a piece of mechanism which, being
           towed astern, shows the distance actually gone through
           by the ship, by means of the revolutions of a fly,
           which are registered on a dial plate.
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     3. Hence: The record of the rate of speed of a ship or
        airplane, and of the course of its progress for the
        duration of a voyage; also, the full nautical record of a
        ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.
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     4. Hence, generally: A record and tabulated statement of the
        person(s) operating, operations performed, resources
        consumed, and the work done by any machine, device, or
        system.
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     5. (Mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting
        rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
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     6. (computers) A record of activities performed within a
        program, or changes in a database or file on a computer,
        and typically kept as a file in the computer.
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     {Log board} (Naut.), a board consisting of two parts shutting
        together like a book, with columns in which are entered
        the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc.,
        during each hour of the day and night. These entries are
        transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now used
        instead.
  
     {Log book}, or {Logbook} (Naut.),
        (a) a book in which is entered the daily progress of a
            ship at sea, as indicated by the log, with notes on
            the weather and incidents of the voyage; the contents
            of the log board.
        (b) a book in which a log[4] is recorded.
  
     {Log cabin}, {Log house}, a cabin or house made of logs.
  
     {Log canoe}, a canoe made by shaping and hollowing out a
        single log; a dugout canoe.
  
     {Log glass} (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the
        running out of the log line.
  
     {Log line} (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty
        fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d
        {Log}, n., 2.
  
     {Log perch} (Zool.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter
        ({Percina caprodes}); -- called also {hogfish} and
        {rockfish}.
  
     {Log reel} (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound.
        
  
     {Log slate}. (Naut.) See {Log board} (above).
  
     {Rough log} (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the
        cruise or voyage.
  
     {Smooth log} (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the
        case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper
        officer of the government.
  
     {To heave the log} (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the
        water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's
        speed by the log.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hogfish
       n 1: large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a
            pig's snout [syn: {hog snapper}, {Lachnolaimus maximus}]
       2: found from Long Island southward [syn: {pigfish}, {Orthopristis
          chrysopterus}]
       [also: {hogfishes} (pl)]