[syn: farrow, pig]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pig \Pig\, n.
A piggin. [Written also pigg.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pig \Pig\, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige
girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[imac]ka.]
1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a
hog. "Two pigges in a poke." --Chaucer.
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2. (Zool.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related
genera.
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3. [Cf. Sow a channel for melted iron.] An oblong mass of
cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under
Mine.
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4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low]
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Masked pig. (Zool.) See under Masked.
Pig bed (Founding), the bed of sand in which the iron from
a smelting furnace is cast into pigs.
Pig iron, cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as
it comes from the smelting furnace. See Pig, 4.
Pig yoke (Naut.), a nickname for a quadrant or sextant.
A pig in a poke (that is, bag), a blind bargain; something
bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value
being known. [Colloq.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pig \Pig\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pigged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pigging.]
1. To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of
pigs; to farrow.
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2. To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pig
n 1: domestic swine [syn: hog, pig, grunter, squealer,
Sus scrofa]
2: a coarse obnoxious person [syn: slob, sloven, pig,
slovenly person]
3: a person regarded as greedy and pig-like [syn: hog, pig]
4: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop,
copper, fuzz, pig]
5: mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
[syn: pig bed, pig]
6: a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting
furnace
v 1: live like a pig, in squalor [syn: pig, pig it]
2: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" [syn: devour,
guttle, raven, pig]
3: give birth; "sows farrow" [syn: farrow, pig]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
PIG, n. An animal (_Porcus omnivorus_) closely allied to the human
race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is
inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.