What does hogged mean?

hogged

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

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Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends.

"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."

more hogged (comparative) most hogged (superlative)

unhogged

broken-backed

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