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De - Pt| English Dictionary: swine | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for swine | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Swine \Swine\, n.sing. & pl. [OE. swin, AS. sw[c6]n; akin to OFries. & OS. swin, D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. sw[c6]n, Icel. sv[c6]n, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth. swein; originally a diminutive corresponding to E. sow. See {Sow}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See {Hog}. [bd]A great herd of swine.[b8] --Mark v. 11. {Swine grass} (Bot.), knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare}); -- so called because eaten by swine. {Swine oat} (Bot.), a kind of oat sometimes grown for swine. {Swine's cress} (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus {Senebiera} ({S. Coronopus}). {Swine's head}, a dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Swine thistle} (Bot.), the sow thistle. | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Swine (Heb. hazir), regarded as the most unclean and the most abhorred of all animals (Lev. 11:7; Isa. 65:4; 66:3, 17; Luke 15:15, 16). A herd of swine were drowned in the Sea of Galilee (Luke 8:32, 33). Spoken of figuratively in Matt. 7:6 (see Prov. 11:22). It is frequently mentioned as a wild animal, and is evidently the wild boar (Arab. khanzir), which is common among the marshes of the Jordan valley (Ps. 80:13). | |
