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Entry 7 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Pig

/pĭg/ · IPA /pɪɡ/
01 n. A piggin.
  1. 1.
    A piggin.
02 n. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.
  1. 1.
    The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.
  2. 2.
    Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.(Zool.)
  3. 3.
    An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine. See: Mine
  4. 4.
    One who is hoggish; a greedy person.[Low]
Phrases & compounds
Masked pig — See under Masked.
Pig bed — 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 — 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.
03 v. t. & i. To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.
imp. & p. p. Pigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pigging
  1. 1.
    To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.
  2. 2.
    To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.