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Definition of Hogback
1. Noun. A narrow ridge of hills.
Definition of Hogback
1. n. An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber.
Definition of Hogback
1. Noun. (geology) A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata ¹
2. Noun. A hogframe ¹
3. Noun. A Viking grave marker ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hogback
1. a sharp ridge [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hogback
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1. An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; the opposite of camber.
2. See Hogframe.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hogback
Literary usage of Hogback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1877)
"A sudden change of dip occurs along the east base of the hogback, (see Fig.
1, Plate XXXVIII), but it is apparently not associated with any dislocation. ..."
2. Military Geology and Topography: A Presentation of Certain Phases of Geology by Herbert Ernest Gregory (1918)
"B, The same after mature dissection, showing the central core and the rimming
hogback ridges. (Drawn by AK Lobeck.) extend over a large part of a state, ..."
3. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1878)
"Although the Great hogback and Midland flexures are practically one sod the same,
their separate lines of hogbacks approach each other at an obtuse angle ..."
4. Reports of Cases in Equity Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of by James Iredell, North Carolina Supreme Court (1847)
"The hogback mountain consists of two distinct knobs, now known as '• The ...
The Big hogback and the Little hogback are both in the line between Haywood and ..."
5. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"The Grand hogback is bordered on both sides by long continuous valleys; the ridge
itself is at some places a single-, at others a double-crested hogback ..."
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