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• Pig

  ·noun A <<Piggin>>. II. Pig ·noun One who is hoggish; a greedy person. III. Pig ·noun Any wild spe...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• pig

  a hog of any size, as well as a young hog. York and Derb. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Pig-eyed

  ·adj Having small, deep-set eyes. ...

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• Pig-headed

  ·adj Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn. ...

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• Pig-jawed

  ·adj Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the low...

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• Pig-sticking

  ·noun Boar hunting; — so called by Anglo-Indians. ...

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• Sea pig

  ·- A porpoise or dolphin. II. Sea pig ·- A <<Dugong>>. ...

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• Water pig

  ·- The <<Gourami>>. II. Water pig ·- The <<Capybara>>. ...

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• Pig Street

  See Little Broad Street. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• tantony pig

  The favourite or smallest pig in the litter.--To follow like a tantony pig, i.e. St. Anthony's pig; ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cold pig

  To give cold pig is a punishment inflicted on sluggards who lie too long in bed: it consists in pull...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• frig pig

  A trifling, fiddle-faddle fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• goodyer's pig

  Like Goodyer's pig; never well but when in mischief. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pig-headed

  Obstinate. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pig running

  A piece of game frequently practised at fairs, wakes, &c. A large pig, whose tail is cut short, and ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pig-dog

  n. a dog used in hunting wild pigs. 1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' c. ii.p. 6...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• pig-face

  Pig-faces, and Pig's-face,or Pig's-faces. Names given to an indigenous «iceplant,» Mesembryanthemum...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• pig-fish

  n. name given to the fish Agriopusleucopaecilus, Richards., in Dunedin; called also the Leather-jac...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• sea-pig

  n. a small whale, the Dugong.See under Dugong-oil. 1853. S. Sidney, `Three Colonies of Australia,'...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• pig-nut

  (Lat. juglans porcina.) A small species of walnut.--Michaux, Sylva. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• pig-yoke

  Among seamen, the name for a quadrant, from its resemblance to a pig-yoke. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• anthony pig

  the favourite, or smallest pig of the litter or farrow. Kent. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• pig-iron

  (See sow.) An oblong mass of cast-iron used for ballast; there are also pigs of lead. "A nodding b...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• pig-tail

  The common twisted tobacco for chewing. ...

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• pig-yoke

  The name given to the old Davis quadrant. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Guinea-pig director

  ·add. ·- A director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for ...

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• pig-faced lady

  n. an old name in Tasmania forthe Boar-fish (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• pig-footed bandicoot

  n. name given to Choeropus castanotis, Gray, an animal about the sizeof a rabbit, belonging to the ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• furze-man-pig

  a hedge -hog. Glouc. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• knight and barrow pig

  more hog than gentleman. A saying of any low pretender to precedency. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to get the wrong pig by the tail

  is to make a mistake in selecting a person for any object. If a charge is made against a man, who on...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.