Definitions
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- n. Alternative form of sea hog.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A porpoise; a sea-pig.
Etymologies
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Examples
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As for the pork, we were cheated out of it more than half the time; and when it was obtained, one would have judged from its motley hues, exhibiting the consistence and appearance of variegated fancy soap, that it was the flesh of the porpoise or sea-hog, and had been an inhabitant of the ocean rather than of the stye.
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‘porkpisce’ (Spenser), that is sea-hog, or more accurately hogfish {58} will be ‘porpesse’, and then ‘porpoise’, as it is now.
hernesheir commented on the word sea-hog
sea-pig
November 30, 2010