pig

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1. 1.The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. "Two pigges in a poke." Chaucer.
2. 2.(Zoöl.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
3. 3.Etym: [Cf. Sow a channel for melted iron.] An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.
4. 4.One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low] Masked pig. (Zoöl.) 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.]
5. 5.To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.
6. 6.To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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