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Wallow
·noun A kind of rolling walk. II. Wallow ·add. ·noun Act of wallowing. III. Wallow ·noun To <<With...

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Hog
·noun A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. II. Hog ·noun A young sheep that has not been shorn. I...

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hog
A shilling. To drive one's hogs; to snore: the noise made by some persons in snoring, being not much...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hog
a sheep of a year old. N. Sometimes called hoggrel. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
hog
A kind of rough, flat scrubbing broom, serving to scrape a ship's bottom under water, particularly i...

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Sea hog
·- The <<Porpoise>>. ...

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Wart hog
·- Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These anim...

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Water hog
·- The <<Capybara>>. ...

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Hog Yard
1) East out of White's Yard, Rosemary Lane. In East Smithfield (Strype, ed. 1755-Elmes, 1831). 2) ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
hog grubber
A mean stingy fellow. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hog-mutton
a sheep one year old. Lane. ...

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herring-hog
A name for the porpoise. ...

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hog-boat
See heck-boat. ...

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sea-hog
A common name for the porpoise, Phocœna communis. ...

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Hog Lane, Spitalfields
See Middlesex Street, and Berewards Lane, Bishopsgate. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Hog Lane, Whitechapel
See Royal Mint Street. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
half a hog
Sixpence. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hog-in-armour
Soubriquet for an iron-clad ship. ...

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to go the whole hog
A Western vulgarism, meaning to be out and out in favor of anything. A softened form of the phrase i...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.