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Pronunciation : Pig
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A piggin. [Written also pigg.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pig
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. pika.]
Definition : 1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. "Two pigges in a poke." Chaucer.

2. (Zo?l.)

Defn: Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.

3. Etym: [Cf. Sow a channel for melted iron.]

Defn: An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.

4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low] Masked pig. (Zo?l.) 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.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pig
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.

2. To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.

t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pigging.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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