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hogged

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Verb

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hogged

  1. simple past and past participle of hog

Adjective

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hogged (comparative more hogged, superlative most hogged)

  1. (nautical) Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends.
    • 1920, The Records of the Proceedings and the Printed Papers, Parliamentary paper:
      I would not consider a ship unseaworthy because she had a hog. There is no danger to life in sailing in a hogged ship. I have sailed in vessels having a 2-ft. hog in the keel. The keel has been straightened by being filled in underneath.