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Pig : (noun)
1: domestic swine [syn: hog, grunter, squealer, Sus
scrofa]
2: a coarse obnoxious person [syn: slob, sloven, slovenly
person]
3: a person regarded as greedy and pig-like [syn: hog]
4: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop, copper,
fuzz]
5: mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
[syn: pig bed]
6: a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting
furnace
(verb)
1: live like a pig, in squalor [syn: pig it]
2: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" [syn: devour,
guttle, raven]
3: give birth; "sows farrow" [syn: farrow]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pig : \Pig\, n.
A piggin. [Written also pigg.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pig : \Pig\, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige
girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[=i]ka.]
1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a
hog. ``Two pigges in a poke.'' --Chaucer.
2. (Zo["o]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["o]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.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pig : Psion Interest Group (Psion)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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