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noun

Pig n.

The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. "Two pigges in a poke."

(Zool.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.

An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.

One who is hoggish; a greedy person. (Low)

Masked pig. (Zool.) See under Masked.

Pig bed (Founding), the bed of sand in which the iron from a smelting furnace is cast into pigs.

Pig iron, cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as it comes from the smelting furnace. See Pig, 4.

Pig yoke (Naut.), a nickname for a quadrant or sextant.

A pig in a poke (that is, bag), a blind bargain; something bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value being known. (Colloq.)

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"Pig bed" Quotes from Famous Books

... "That's the pig bed out there," Mrs. Maitland explained, kindly; "see, Nannie? Those cross-trenches in the sand they call sows; the little hollows on the side are the pigs. When they tap the furnace, the melted iron will flow ...

— The Iron Woman • Margaret Deland