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Hogging logo #21752When 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. Also refers to a permanent distortion of the hull in the same manner caused, over time, by the bow and stern of a ship being less buoyant than the midships section. During the Age of Sail, shipwrights employed a...
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Hogging

Hogging logo #21795 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. Also refers to a permanent distortion of the hull in the same manner caused, over time, by the bow and stern of a ship being less buoyant than the midships section. During the Age of Sail, shipwrights employed ...
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Hogging

Hogging logo #21000[sexual practice] Hogging refers to the practice of groups of men who target overweight or obese women, typically for sexual encounters. Unlike fat fetishists, men who participate in hogging are not necessarily sexually attracted to obese women`s bodies; they aim to take advantage of a female`s stereotypical low self-esteem or to derive amu...
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Hogging

Hogging logo #21002• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hog • (n.) Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging.
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hogging logo #10444(Learning Modules / Mathematics / Beam calculations) The upwards bending in a beam, usually over its piers, that is the counterbalance to sagging in other sections of the beam.
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hogging

hogging logo #10444(Learning Modules / Mathematics / Bridges) The upwards bending in a beam, usually over its piers, that is the counterbalance to sagging in other sections of the beam.
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Hogging

Hogging logo #20972Hog'ging noun (Nautical) Drooping at the ends; arching; -- in distinction from sagging . Hogging frame . See Hogframe .
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Hogging

Hogging logo #20707Vertical deflection of a beam above the datum level.
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