PIG
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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. p&ī;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. (Zo&ö;l.) 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. (Zo&ö;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.]
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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.
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2. To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
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