Definition of pig

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

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Psitta-co-fulvine :: Psitta-co-fulvine (n.) A yellow pigment found in the feathers of certain parrots.
Grainer :: Grainer (n.) An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.
Gilt :: Gilt (v. t.) A female pig, when young..
Barbary :: Barbary (n.) The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon..
Pseudepigraphic :: Pseudepigraphic (a.) Alt. of Pseudepigraphi.
Xanthose :: Xanthose (n.) An orange-yellow substance found in pigment spots of certain crabs.
Ink :: Ink (n.) A pigment. See India ink, under India..
Faucet :: Faucet (n.) A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide..
Larynx :: Larynx (n.) The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis..
Pigmentous :: Pigmentous (a.) Pigmental.
Azure :: Azure (n.) The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color..
Lampblack :: Lampblack (n.) The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements..
Epigraphic :: Epigraphic (a.) Alt. of Epigraphica.
Atomy :: Atomy (n.) An atom; a mite; a pigmy.
Greengill :: Greengill (n.) An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood..
Pigeon :: Pigeon (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.
Trill :: Trill (n.) A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages..
Lake :: Lake (n.) A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc..
Owl :: Owl (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
Pigmentary :: Pigmentary (a.) Of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments.
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