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hog's hair
hog's hair n. (also hog hair) [attested earlier as a surname: Richard Hoggesher (1328)] the hair which grows on the back of a hog, used esp. for making brushes; frequently attributive (cf. hog's bristle n.).
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c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 611/35 Seta, a hoggeshere.
1562 W. Bullein Bk. Compoundes f. xxxixv, in Bulwarke of Defence Make them into pouder and burne hogges heere.
1662 W. Faithorne Art of Graveing & Etching xxii. 36 Take up the white Cerusse..with a brush or great pencill of hoggs hair, and therewith whiten your varnish.
1718 Boston News-let. 24 Mar. 2/2 (advt.) Money for Hog's hair and Horse hair.
1819 A. Rees Cycl. III. at Back-Painting With a hog's-hair brush.
1934 Times 23 Apr. 10/2 The paper takes water colour well, but hog's-hair brushes seem the best to use.
1992 Artist's & Illustrator's Mag. Oct. 18/1 I don't find pencil very sympathetic to work with. I use scene painter's charcoal, and broad director's brushes, made from hog's hair.
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