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hogback(dictionary)

hogback (iou)



hogback noun. . M17.
[from HOG noun + BACK noun1.]
A back like that of a hog. M17.
A thing shaped like a hog's back; esp. a sharply crested hill-ridge. E19.
C. G. D. Roberts The lake lay..sheltered..by a high hog-back of dark green spruce.
A rectangular tomb with a curved or pitched roof. L19.
hogbacked adjective (a) having a back like that of a hog; (b) having a rise in the middle like a hog's back: M17.