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noun

wood chips or shavings, residue from sawmills, etc., used for fuel, landfill, animal feed, and surfacing paths and running tracks.

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How to use hog fuel in a sentence

But Sanders, a representative of the Northeastern vacation state of Vermont, also opposes fossil fuel development.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Added fuel to the fire, he said—as in, the fire was already burning.
The St. Louis Rams Enter the Ferguson Fray|Sally Kohn|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The company also converts the gas into a liquid fuel that can run vehicles in its fleet.
Garbage In, Power Out|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Adding fuel to the fire was an often ugly war of words between Mr. Gelb and the unions, both in the press and on social media.
Inside the Metropolitan Opera’s Insane Year|Shawn E. Milnes|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

As they passed the runway, bullets shot up from the tall grass, puncturing a fuel tank.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The hills in sight, however, are very considerably wooded, and wood is apparently the common fuel.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
His duty it was to stand at the head of the scalding trough, watch in hand, to "time" the length of the scald, crying "Hog in!"
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Adequate, of course; no sense in taking chances with lives that cost so much fuel to bring here.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
She arrived in Liverpool on the 22d June, having consumed her fuel in ten days.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The mountains are covered with wood fit for fuel, mining, architecture, and machinery.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick