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English Dictionary: pig	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for pig
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pig n domestic swine [syn: hog, pig, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa] a coarse obnoxious person Synonym(s): slob, sloven, pig, slovenly person a person regarded as greedy and pig-like Synonym(s): hog, pig uncomplimentary terms for a policeman Synonym(s): bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast Synonym(s): pig bed, pig a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace v live like a pig, in squalor Synonym(s): pig, pig it eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" Synonym(s): devour, guttle, raven, pig give birth; "sows farrow" Synonym(s): farrow, pig
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pig \Pig\, n. A piggin. [Written also {pigg}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pig \Pig\, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[c6]ka.] 1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. [bd]Two pigges in a poke.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. (Zo[94]l.) 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}. (Zo[94]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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.