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hog·back

 (hôg′băk′, hŏg′-)
n.
A sharp ridge with steeply sloping sides, produced by erosion of the broken edges of highly tilted strata.
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hogback

(ˈhɒɡˌbæk)
n
1. (Geological Science) Also called: hog's back a narrow ridge that consists of steeply inclined rock strata
2. (Archaeology) archaeol a Saxon or Scandinavian tomb with sloping sides
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hog•back

(ˈhɔgˌbæk, ˈhɒg-)

n.
a long, sharply crested ridge usu. formed of steeply inclined strata that are especially resistant to erosion.
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hogback

1. A Saxon or Viking tomb that curves down toward the ends and has sloping sides.
2. A long, narrow ridge that is steep on both sides.
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Hogback

A sharp ridge running along the top of a hill.
1001 Words and Phrases You Never Knew You Didn’t Know by W.R. Runyan Copyright © 2011 by W.R. Runyan
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Hogback - a narrow ridge of hillshogback - a narrow ridge of hills    
horseback
ridgeline, ridge - a long narrow range of hills
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He was heavy- jawed, bull-necked, and the short, straight hair of the head seemed to her frightened eyes the stiff bristles on a hog's back. Here were coarseness and brutishness--a thing savage, primordial, ferocious.
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He was in a light skiff, and being well acquainted with the currents and eddies, had shifted his station, according to the shifting of the tide, from the Hen and Chickens to the Hog's Back, from the Hog's Back to the Pot, and from the Pot to the Frying Pan; but in the eagerness of his sport he did not see that the tide was rapidly ebbing, until the roaring of the whirlpools and eddies warned him of his danger, and he had some difficulty in shooting his skiff from among the rocks and breakers, and getting to the point of Blackwell's Island.[1] Here he cast anchor for some time, waiting the turn of the tide to enable him to return homeward.
It was not, however, until he had drifted a great distance that he ventured to ply his oars, when he made his skiff dart like an arrow through the strait of Hell Gate, never heeding the danger of Pot, Frying Pan, nor Hog's Back itself, nor did he feel himself thoroughly secure until safely nestled in bed in the cockloft of the ancient farmhouse of the Suydams.
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But I woke from my nap in time to hurry up, and see Hell Gate, the Hog's Back, the Frying Pan, and other notorious localities, attractive to all readers of famous Diedrich Knickerbocker's History.
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During these closures a signed diversion will be in place via the B300, the A31 Hog's Back, Guildford and the A25.
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Although my side-to-side aim was spot on, I badly overestimated the elevation, causing the shaft to sail harmlessly over the hog's back. Dang it!
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Gold: Growler Brewery, Nethergate - Umbel Magna (Suffolk); Silver: Saltaire - Triple Chocolate (West Yorkshire); Bronze: Conwy - Honey Fayre (Conwy) Champion Winter Beer of Britain (from category winners announced in January 2013); Elland - 1872 Porter(West Yorkshire); Bartram's - Comrade Bill Bartram's EAIS Stout (Suffolk) Kelburn - Dark Moor (Old Ale/Strong Mild) (Glasgow); Hog's Back - A over T (Barley Wine/Strong Old Ale) (Surrey) Champion Bottled Beer of Britain winners-Gold: Molson Coor's - Worthington White Shield (Burton on Trent); Silver: St Austell - Proper Job (Cornwall); Bronze: Harvey's - Imperial Extra Double Stout (East Sussex)
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Locals call this, inelegantly, the Hog's Back, and it's spectacular enough to make you think all the other landmarks were just warm-ups.
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The man has often been spotted at the Hog's Back lay-by in Puttenham, near Guildford, Surrey, which is a popular location for "doggers", people who take part in outdoor sexual encounters.
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