Pig (?), n.
A piggin.
[Written also
pigg.]
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Pig, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. pika.]
1.
The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.
"Two
pigges in a poke."
Chaucer.
2. Zool.
Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
3. [Cf. Sow a channel for melted iron.]
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. 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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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.
2.
To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
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