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simple past and past participle of hog examples
comparative more hogged, superlative most hogged
(nautical) Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. quotations examples
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.
1920, The Records of the Proceedings and the Printed Papers, Parliamentary paper