Pork

4 definitions found

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

  Hog \Hog\ (h[o^]g), n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and
     meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow,
     Armor. houc'h, hoc'h. Cf. {Haggis}, {Hogget}, and
     {Hoggerel}.]
     1. (Zool.) A quadruped of the genus {Sus}, and allied genera
        of {Suid[ae]}; esp., the domesticated varieties of {Sus


        scrofa}, kept for their fat and meat, called,
        respectively, {lard} and {pork}; swine; porker;
        specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.
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     Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern
           Europe, are thought to have been derived from {Sus
           Indicus}.
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     2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]
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     3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.]
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     4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a
        ship's bottom under water. --Totten.
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     5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp
        of which paper is made.
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     {Bush hog}, {Ground hog}, etc.. See under {Bush}, {Ground},
        etc.
  
     {Hog caterpillar} (Zool.), the larva of the green grapevine
        sphinx; -- so called because the head and first three
        segments are much smaller than those behind them, so as to
        make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See {Hawk moth}.
  
     {Hog cholera}, an epidemic contagious fever of swine,
        attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance
        on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a
        scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one
        to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. --Law
        (Farmer's Veter. Adviser.)
  
     {Hog deer} (Zool.), the axis deer.
  
     {Hog gum} (Bot.), West Indian tree ({Symphonia globulifera}),
        yielding an aromatic gum.
  
     {Hog of wool}, the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep
        of the second year.
  
     {Hog peanut} (Bot.), a kind of earth pea.
  
     {Hog plum} (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus {Spondias}
        ({Spondias lutea}), with fruit somewhat resembling plums,
        but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies.
        
  
     {Hog's bean} (Bot.), the plant henbane.
  
     {Hog's bread}.(Bot.) See {Sow bread}.
  
     {Hog's fennel}. (Bot.) See under {Fennel}.
  
     {Mexican hog} (Zool.), the peccary.
  
     {Water hog}. (Zool.) See {Capybara}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pork \Pork\, n. [F. porc, L. porcus hog, pig. See {Farrow} a
     litter of pigs, and cf. {Porcelain}, {Porpoise}.]
     The flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pork
       n 1: meat from a domestic hog or pig [syn: {porc}]
       2: a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate
          legislators with their constituents [syn: {pork barrel}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "pork":
     bacon, butt, chitterlings, cochon de lait, cracklings, fat back,
     favors of office, flitch, gammon, ham, ham steak, haslet,
     headcheese, jambon, jambonneau, lard, melon, patronage, picnic ham,
     pieds de cochon, pig, plum, political patronage, pork barrel,
     porkpie, salt pork, side of bacon, small ham, sowbelly,
     suckling pig, trotters