What is the meaning of HOGGING. Phrases containing HOGGING
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When the trough of a wave is amidships, causing the hull to deflect so the ends of the keel are higher than the middle. The opposite of hogging.
Pigging string or hogging string
a string a cowboy carries on his saddle, used for hog-tying an animal for branding, after it has been roped and thrown.
When the peak of a wave is amidships, causing the hull to bend so the ends of the keel are lower than the middle. The opposite of sagging.
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A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Hog
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Hogging; -- opposed to sagging.
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A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.
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Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging.
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A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging.
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