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- English Word Pig-sticking Definition Boar hunting; -- so called by Anglo-Indians.
- English Word Pigeon Definition Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.
- English Word Pigeon Definition An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.
- English Word Pigeon Definition To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling.
- English Word Pigeon-breasted Definition Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted.
- English Word Pigeon-hearted Definition Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted.
- English Word Pigeon-livered Definition Pigeon-hearted.
- English Word Pigeonfoot Definition The dove's-foot geranium (Geranium molle).
- English Word Pigeonhole Definition A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote.
- English Word Pigeonhole Definition To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report.
- English Word Pigeonry Definition A place for pigeons; a dovecote.
- English Word Pigeontoed Definition Having the toes turned in.
- English Word Pigfish Definition Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; -- called also hogfish.
- English Word Pigfish Definition A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several other fishes.
- English Word Pigfoot Definition A marine fish (Scorpaena porcus), native of Europe. It is reddish brown, mottled with dark brown and black.
- English Word Pigg Definition A piggin. See 1st Pig.
- English Word Pigged Definition of Pig
- English Word Piggeries Definition of Piggery
- English Word Piggery Definition A place where swine are kept.
- English Word Piggin Definition A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, -- often used as a dipper.
- English Word Pigging Definition of Pig
- English Word Piggish Definition Relating to, or like, a pig; greedy.
- English Word Pight Definition Pitched; fixed; determined.
- English Word Pightel Definition A small inclosure.
- English Word Pigmean Definition See Pygmean.
- English Word Pigment Definition Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.
- English Word Pigment Definition Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc.
- English Word Pigment Definition Wine flavored with species and honey.
- English Word Pigmental Definition Alt. of Pigmentary
- English Word Pigmentary Definition Of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments.