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hog·back

(hôg′băk′, hŏg′-)

A sharp ridge with steeply sloping sides, produced by erosion of the broken edges of highly tilted strata.

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hogback

(ˈhɒɡˌbæk)

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.

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.

Hogback

A sharp ridge running along the top of a hill.

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hogback - a narrow ridge of hills

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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.

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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.