The receptacle into which the molten iron is poured in a gun-foundry. The liquid iron poured from it is termed pig, whence the term pig-ballast.
·noun A sow bug. II. Sow ·vi To sew. ·see <<Sew>>. III. Sow ·noun The female of swine, or of the h...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A fat woman. He has got the wrong sow by the ear, he mistakes his man. Drunk as David's sow; see DAV...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
[Swine] ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
As drunk as David's sow; a common saying, which took its rise from the following circumstance: One D...
A female child. ...