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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PIG, n.
1. The young of swine, male or female.
2. An oblong mass of unforged iron, lead or other metal. A pig of lead is the eighth of a fother, or 250 pounds.
PIG, v.t. or i. To bring forth pigs.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: domestic swine [syn: hog, pig, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa]
2: a coarse obnoxious person [syn: slob, sloven, pig, slovenly person]
3: a person regarded as greedy and pig-like [syn: hog, pig]
4: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig]
5: mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast [syn: pig bed, pig]
6: a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace v
1: live like a pig, in squalor [syn: pig, pig it]
2: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" [syn: devour, guttle, raven, pig]
3: give birth; "sows farrow" [syn: farrow, pig]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English pigge Date: 13th century 1. a. a young domesticated swine not yet sexually mature; broadly a wild or domestic swine b. an animal related to or resembling the pig 2. a. pork b. the dressed carcass of a young swine weighing less than 130 pounds (60 kilograms) c. pigskin 3. a dirty, gluttonous, or repulsive person 4. a crude casting of metal (as iron) 5. slang an immoral woman 6. slang, usually disparaging police officer • piglike adjective II. verb (pigged; pigging) Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. farrow 2. to live like a pig <pig it> transitive verb farrow

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a any omnivorous hoofed bristly mammal of the family Suidae, esp. a domesticated kind, Sus scrofa. b US a young pig; a piglet. c (often in comb.) any similar animal (guinea-pig). 2 the flesh of esp. a young or sucking pig as food (roast pig). 3 colloq. a a greedy, dirty, obstinate, sulky, or annoying person. b an unpleasant, awkward, or difficult thing, task, etc. 4 an oblong mass of metal (esp. iron or lead) from a smelting-furnace. 5 sl. derog. a policeman. --v. (pigged, pigging) 1 tr. (also absol.) (of a sow) bring forth (piglets). 2 tr. colloq. eat (food) greedily. 3 intr. herd together or behave like pigs. Phrases and idioms: bleed like a pig (or stuck pig) bleed copiously. buy a pig in a poke buy, accept, etc. something without knowing its value or esp. seeing it. in pig (of a sow) pregnant. in a pig's eye colloq. certainly not. make a pig of oneself overeat. make a pig's ear of colloq. make a mess of; bungle. pig in the middle a person who is placed in an awkward situation between two others (after a ball game for three with one in the middle). pig-iron crude iron from a smelting-furnace. Pig Island Austral. & NZ sl. New Zealand. pig it live in a disorderly, untidy, or filthy fashion. pig-jump Austral. sl. n. a jump made by a horse from all four legs. --v.intr. (of a horse) jump in this manner. pig Latin a made-up jargon. pig-meat Brit. pork, ham, or bacon. pig out (often foll. by on) esp. US sl. eat gluttonously. pigs might fly iron. an expression of disbelief. pig-sticker a long sharp knife. pig's wash = PIGSWILL. Derivatives: piggish adj. piggishly adv. piggishness n. piglet n. piglike adj. pigling n. Etymology: ME pigge f. OE pigga (unrecorded)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pig Pig, n. A piggin. [Written also pigg.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pigs, pigging, pigged) 1. A pig is a pink or black animal with short legs and not much hair on its skin. Pigs are often kept on farms for their meat, which is called pork, ham, bacon, or gammon. ...the grunting of the pigs. ...a pig farmer. = hog N-COUNT see also guinea pig 2. If you call someone a pig, you think that they are unpleasant in some way, especially that they are greedy or unkind. (INFORMAL) N-COUNT [disapproval] 3. If you say that people are pigging themselves, you are criticizing them for eating a very large amount at one meal. (BRIT INFORMAL) After pigging herself on ice cream she went upstairs. VERB: V pron-refl [disapproval] 4. If you say 'pigs might fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely. (HUMOROUS, INFORMAL) 'There's a chance he won't get involved in this, of course.'—'And pigs might fly.' PHRASE [emphasis] 5. If you say that someone is making a pig of themselves, you are criticizing them for eating a very large amount at one meal. (INFORMAL) I'm afraid I made a pig of myself at dinner. PHRASE: V and N inflect [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Young hog. 2. Swine. 3. Pork, swine-flesh.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A police officer. A China street pig; a Bow-street officer. Floor the pig and bolt; knock down the officer and run away.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Sixpence, a sow's baby. Pig-widgeon; a simpleton. To pig together; to lie or sleep together, two or more in a bed. Cold pig; a jocular punishment inflicted by the maid seryants, or other females of the house, on persons lying over long in bed: it consists in pulling off all the bed clothes, and leaving them to pig or lie in the cold. To buy a pig in a poke; to purchase any thing without seeing. Pig's eyes; small eyes. Pigsnyes; the same: a vulgar term of endearment to a woman. He can have boiled pig at home; a mark of being master of his own house: an allusion to a well known poem and story. Brandy is Latin for pig and goose; an apology for drinking a dram after either.

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