PPage 308
- English Word Pig Definition A piggin.
- English Word Pig Definition The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.
- English Word Pig Definition Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
- English Word Pig Definition An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.
- English Word Pig Definition One who is hoggish; a greedy person.
- English Word Pig Definition To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.
- English Word Pig Definition To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
- English Word Pig-eyed Definition Having small, deep-set eyes.
- English Word Pig-headed Definition Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn.
- English Word Pig-jawed Definition Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs.
- 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.