Magic vs Hog - What's the difference?
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The use of rituals or actions, especially based on supernatural or occult knowledge, to manipulate or obtain information about the natural world, especially when seen as falling outside the realm of religion; also the forces allegedly drawn on for such practices.
*c. 1489 , (William Caxton), Foure Sonnes of Aymon :
*:And whan he shall be arrayed as I telle you / lete hym thenne doo his incantacyons & his magyke as he wyll […].
*1781 , (Edward Gibbon), Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , II.23:
*:The arts of magic and divination were strictly prohibited.
*1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 23:
*:Conversions to the new religion […] have frequently been assisted by the view of converts that they are acquiring not just a means of otherworldly salvation, but a new and more powerful magic .
A specific ritual or procedure associated with supernatural magic or with mysticism; a spell.
Something producing remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 A conjuring trick or illusion performed to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.
Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.
Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic; wonderful, amazing.
Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc.
(colloquial) Great; excellent.
(physics) Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184.
To produce, transform (something), (as if) by magic.
Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
(lb) An adult swine .
* 2005 April, Live Swine from Canada, Investigation No. 731-TA-1076 (Final), publication 3766, April 2005, U.S. International Trade Commission (ISBN 1457819899), page I-9:
A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
(slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a .
(UK) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
(nautical) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
A shilling coin; its value, 12 old pence.
*1933 , (George Orwell), (Down and Out in Paris and London) , xxix
*:‘’Ere]] s' for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ' [['og, ’og for the cap and scarf. That’s seven bob.’
*1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
*:hog' (pl]] ' hog ). A shilling: (ca 1670), c.; in C.19–20, low [[slang, s.
A tanner, a sixpence coin; its value.
*1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
*:hog' (pl]] ' hog )... 2. In C.18–early 19, occ. a sixpence: also c., whence the U.S. sense. Prob. [[from, ex the figure of a hog on a small silver coin.
A half-crown coin; its value, 30 old pence.
*1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
*:hog' (pl]] ' hog )... 3. A half-crown: [[circa, ca 1860–1910.
To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
(nautical) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
(nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
As a proper noun magic
is the decrypted japanese messages produced by us cryptographers in and prior to world war ii.As a noun hog is
any animal belonging to the suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.As a verb hog is
to greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.magic
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Alternative forms
* magick (qualifier) Used as a deliberate archaism; used for supernatural magic, as distinguished from stage magic. * magicke (obsolete) * magique (obsolete)Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.}}
Synonyms
* (allegedly supernatural method to dominate natural forces) dwimmer, thaumaturgy, conjuring, sorcery, witchcraft, dweomercraft/dwimmercraft * (illusion performed to give the appearance of magic or the supernatural) sleight of hand, illusionism, legerdemain, dwimmerAdjective
(-)- a magic''' wand; a '''magic dragon
- a magic moment
- a magic''' show; a '''magic trick
- — I cleaned up the flat while you were out. — Really? Magic !
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(wikipedia hog)Alternative forms
* (qualifier) 'ogNoun
(en noun)- Weanlings grow into feeder pigs, and feeder pigs grow into slaughter hogs'. Ultimately the end use for virtually all pigs and ' hogs is to be slaughtered for the production of pork and other products.
- (Totten)
Hyponyms
* (shilling coins) white hog, black hogDerived terms
* groundhog * hedgehog * high on the hog * hogback, Hog's Back * hog-baying * hogcote * hog heaven * hog island * hog waller (hog wallow) * hog-wallowing * hog-wild * hog line * hog maw * hog-rubber * hog town * hogherd * hoggish * hoggishly * hoggy * hogshead * road hog * sea hog * whole hog, go whole hogVerb
(hogg)- Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets.
- 2000 DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie , Scholastic Inc., New York, Ch 15:
- The [...] air-conditioning unit didn't work very good, and there was only one fan; and from the minute me and Winn-Dixie got in the library, he hogged it all.
- (Smart)