Pig
[pɪg] or [pɪɡ]
Definition
(noun.) a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace.
(verb.) live like a pig, in squalor.
Typist: Morton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A piggin.
(n.) The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.
(n.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
(n.) An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.
(n.) One who is hoggish; a greedy person.
(v. t. & i.) To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.
(v. t. & i.) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Young hog.
Edited by Ethelred
Definition
n. an earthen vessel.
n. a swine of either gender: an oblong mass of unforged metal as first extracted from the ore so called because it is made to flow when melted in channels called pigs branching from a main channel called the sow.—v.i. to bring forth pigs: to live together like pigs:—pr.p. pig′ging; pa.t. and pa.p. pigged.—adjs. Pig′-eyed having small dull eyes with heavy lids; Pig′-faced looking like a pig.—n. Pig′gery a place where pigs are kept.—adj. Pig′gish belonging to or like pigs: greedy said of persons.—n. Pig′gishness.—adj. Pig′headed having a large or ill-formed head: stupidly obstinate.—ns. Pig′headedness; Pig′-ī′ron iron in pigs or rough bars; Pig′-lead lead in pigs; Pig′-nut (same as Earth-nut); Pig′sconce a pigheaded fellow: a blockhead; Pig′skin the skin of a pig prepared as a strong leather: a saddle; Pig′-sty a pen for keeping pigs; Pig's′-wash swill; Pig's′-whis′per (slang) a low whisper: a very short space of time; Pig′-tail the tail of a pig: the hair of the head tied behind in the form of a pig's tail: a roll of twisted tobacco.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a fat, healthy pig, denotes reasonable success in affairs. If they are wallowing in mire, you will have hurtful associates, and your engagements will be subject to reproach. This dream will bring to a young woman a jealous and greedy companion though the chances are that he will be wealthy. See Hog.
Edited by Bradley
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. An animal (Porcus omnivorus) closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite which however is inferior in scope for it sticks at pig.
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Examples
- T' pig doesn't want it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In 1897 the United States leads the world in the following ratios: Tons Pig Iron. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The total output of the whole world in that year was 32,937,490 tons pig iron, and 20,696,787 tons of steel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I have been working on the problem of the retreat, Pablo said and Robert Jordan looked at his drunken pig eyes and at the wine bowl. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It was the Manchus who obliged the Chinese to wear pig-tails as a mark of submission. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You are a brimstone pig. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I went on pleasantly, but poor Keimer suffered grievously, grew tired of the project, longed for the fleshpots of Egypt, and ordered a roast pig. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- How rarely, on the other hand, do our civilised dogs, even when quite young, require to be taught not to attack poultry, sheep, and pigs! Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- After cooling, the pigs are broken apart and stored. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I expected at least that the pigs were got into the garden, and here is nothing but Lady Catherine and her daughter. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The melted purified iron falling to the bottom was drawn off through a hole tapped in the furnace, and the molten metal ran into channels in a bed of sand called the Sow and pigs. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- No one had ever considered the possibility of eating pork, for in those days pigs were pets, and just as every family today has its dog Rover, so then, every family had its pig Scraps. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- That apple-peel is to be eaten by the pigs, Ben; if you eat it, I must give them your piece of pasty. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Lily knew people who lived like pigs, and their appearance and surroundings justified her mother's repugnance to that form of existence. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Editor: Madge