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Pig-headed
·adj Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn.
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Pig
·noun A <<Piggin>>.
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pig
1) A police officer. A China street pig; a Bow-street officer. Floor the pig and bolt; knock down th...
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pig
a hog of any size, as well as a young hog. York and Derb.
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Headed
·adj Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage.
II. Headed ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Head>>.
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Pig-eyed
·adj Having small, deep-set eyes.
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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.
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tantony pig
The favourite or smallest pig in the litter.--To follow like a tantony pig, i.e. St. Anthony's pig; ...
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cold pig
To give cold pig is a punishment inflicted on sluggards who lie too long in bed: it consists in pull...
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frig pig
A trifling, fiddle-faddle fellow.
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goodyer's pig
Like Goodyer's pig; never well but when in mischief.
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pig running
A piece of game frequently practised at fairs, wakes, &c. A large pig, whose tail is cut short, and ...
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pig-dog
n.
a dog used in hunting wild pigs.
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pig-face
Pig-faces, and Pig's-face,or Pig's-faces.
Names given to an indigenous «iceplant,» Mesembryanthemum...
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pig-fish
n.
name given to the fish Agriopusleucopaecilus, Richards., in Dunedin; called also the Leather-jac...
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sea-pig
n.
a small whale, the Dugong.See under Dugong-oil.
1853. S. Sidney, `Three Colonies of Australia,'...
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pig-nut
(Lat. juglans porcina.) A small species of walnut.--Michaux, Sylva.
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pig-yoke
Among seamen, the name for a quadrant, from its resemblance to a pig-yoke.
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anthony pig
the favourite, or smallest pig of the litter or farrow. Kent.
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pig-iron
(See sow.) An oblong mass of cast-iron used for ballast; there are also pigs of lead.
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pig-tail
The common twisted tobacco for chewing.
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pig-yoke
The name given to the old Davis quadrant.
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Addle-headed
·adj ·Alt. of Addle-pated.
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Beetle-headed
·adj Dull; stupid.
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Bluff-headed
·adj Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
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Buckler-headed
·adj Having a head like a buckler.
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Buffle-headed
·adj Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; blundering.
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Clear-headed
·adj Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent.
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Cool-headed
·adj Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion.
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Dog-headed
·adj Having a head shaped like that of a dog;
— said of certain baboons.
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Double-headed
·adj Having two heads; bicipital.
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Dunder-headed
·adj Thick-headed; stupid.
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Feather-headed
·adj Giddy; frivolous; foolish.
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Flat-headed
·adj Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail.
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Giddy-headed
·adj Thoughtless; unsteady.
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Gross-headed
·adj Thick-skulled; stupid.
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Hard-headed
·adj Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.
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Heavy-headed
·adj Dull; stupid.
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Hot-headed
·adj Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement.
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Idle-headed
·adj Foolish; stupid.
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Janus-headed
·adj Double-headed.
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Light-headed
·adj Disordered in the head; dizzy; delirious.
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Mad-headed
·adj Wild; crack-brained.
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Muddy-headed
·adj Dull; stupid.
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Mushroom-headed
·adj Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a m...
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Nail-headed
·adj Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.
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Nott-headed
·adj Having the hair cut close.
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Open-headed
·adj <<Bareheaded>>.
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Pudding-headed
·adj <<Stupid>>.
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Puzzle-headed
·adj Having the head full of confused notions.
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Rattle-headed
·adj Noisy; giddy; unsteady.
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Rug-headed
·adj Having shaggy hair; shock-headed.
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Sheep-headed
·adj Silly; simple-minded; stupid.
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Shock-headed
·adj Having a thick and bushy head of hair.
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Soft-headed
·adj Weak in intellect.
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Thick-headed
·adj Having a thick skull; stupid.
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Thorn-headed
·adj Having a head armed with thorns or spines.
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Triple-headed
·adj Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.
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Wagon-headed
·adj Having a top, or head, shaped like the top of a covered wagon, or resembling in section or outl...
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beetle-headed
Dull, stupid.
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bottle-headed
Void of wit.
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buffle-headed
Confused, stupid.
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chuckle-headed
Stupid, thick-headed.
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hulver-headed
Having a hard impenetrable head; hulver, in the Norfolk dialect, signifying holly, a hard and solid ...
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mutton-headed
Stupid.
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totty-headed
Giddy, hare-brained.
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watery-headed
Apt to shed tears.
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dansey-headed
giddy, thoughtless. Norf. and Suff.
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dausey-headed
giddy, thoughtless. Norf. and Suff.
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stag-headed
see randle-piked.
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bluff-headed
When a ship has but a small rake forward on, being built with her stem too straight up.
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chowder-headed
Stupid, or batter-brained.
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chuckle-headed
Clownishly stupid; lubberly.
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dead-headed
Timber trees which have ceased growing.
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Guinea-pig director
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pig-faced lady
n.
an old name in Tasmania forthe Boar-fish (q.v.).
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pig-footed bandicoot
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name given to Choeropus castanotis, Gray, an animal about the sizeof a rabbit, belonging to the ...
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furze-man-pig
a hedge -hog. Glouc.
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crowdy-headed jock
A jeering appellation for a north country seaman, particularly a collier; Jock being a common name, ...
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pudding-headed fellow
A stupid fellow, one whose brains are all in confusion.
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woolly-headed grass
n.
an indigenousAustralian grass, Andropogon bombycinus, R. Br.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native...
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double-headed maul
One with double faces; top-mauls in contradistinction to pin-mauls.
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double-headed shot
Differing from bar-shot by being similar to dumb-bells, only the shot are hemispherical.
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hammer-headed shark
The Zygæna malleus, a strange, ugly shark. The eyes are situated at the extremities of the hammer-sh...
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saucer-headed bolts
Those with very flat heads.
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knight and barrow pig
more hog than gentleman. A saying of any low pretender to precedency.
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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.