Pig
Pig , noun
A piggin.
Pig , noun
[Compare Dutch big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Danish pige girl, Swedish piga, Icelandic pīka.]
1.
The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.
Two pigges in a poke.
2.
(Zoology) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
3.
An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.
4.
One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low]
Collocations (5)
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 (Nautical) , a nickname for a quadrant or sextant.
A pig in a poke , a blind bargain; something bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value being known. [Colloquial]
Pig , verb, transitive and intransitive
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.