Boyle, Works, II

48. piggery2 (pig'e-ri), n .; pl. piggeries (-riz). pig2 + -ery.] A place where earthen ve els are made or sold; a pottery. Jamie son . generic or indifferent term, most kinds of pigment having [Scotch.] piggesniet, n. See pigsney. Chaucer . piggin1 (pig'in), n . [ pigean , a little earthen jar, pitcher, or pot, dim. of pigeadh (= It. pighead ), an earthen jar, pitcher, or pot. Cf. Ir. pig in , a small pail, noggin, W. picyn , a piggin, noggin. Hence, by abbr., pig2 .] 1. A small wooden ve el with an erect handle formed by continuing one of the staves above the rim. A piggin , to milk in, immulctra. Wooden piggins . Holyoke. Lamb . Piggin , "a small wooden ve el with an erect handle, used as a dipper." [Southernisms and Westernisms.]