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  1. 1. n. A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidae; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A young sheep that has not been shorn. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. i. To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form. Source: opted
  9. 9. n. a person regarded as greedy and pig-like Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. domestic swine Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. take greedily; take more than one's share Source: wordnet

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