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[PIGGIN.] An earthen pot, ve el, or pitcher. "I shall wish them in the brown pigg again."- Scott : pig-ger-ỹ, s . [Eng. pig (1), s.; -ry.] A place with sties and other arrangements for the accom Heart of Mid - Lothian, ch. xlix. modation of pigs. "Inside the substantial brick-built piggeries ."-London Daily Telegraph . pig-gin, s . [Gael. pigean , dim in. of pigeadh , pige an earthen jar, a pitcher; Ir. pig in =a small pail.] A small pot or ve el with a handle, for holding liquids. "Broad-mouth'd dishes, noggins, whiskins, and pig gins." - Haywood: Dumbard Opened , p. 45. pig-gish, a. [Eng. pig (1), s.; -ish.] Pertaining to or resembling a pig or pigs; swinish. pig-head-ěd, a. [Eng. pig (1), s., and headed.] 1. Lit.: Having a head like a pig; having a large, ill-shaped head. 2. Fig .: Stupidly obstinate or perverse. pig-head-ed-lý, adv . [Eng. pigheaded ; -ly.] In a pigheaded, obstinate, or perverse manner. pig-head-ed-ne , s. [Eng. pigheaded; -ne .] The quality or state of being pigheaded; stupid or perverse obstinacy. *pight ( gh silent), pret . & pa. par. of v. & a. [PITCH, v .] A. As pret. & pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: 1. Pitched. 2. Determined, fixed. "I di uaded him from his intent, And found him pight to do it." Shakesp.: Lear, ii. 1. *pigh-tel, *pigh-tle, s . [A dim in. from pight (q. v.).] A small inclosure. *pig-ling, s . [Eng. pig (1), s.; dim in. suff. -ling .] A little or young pig. "One porker, in particular, a fat little pigling ."-London Daily Telegraph . IMG:content-1065.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Science : Any coloring of an organic kind when definite name. ( Griffith & Henfrey.) 3. Anat .: A black or brown matter in the cells of the cuticle, the choroid membrane of the eye, the posterior surface of the iris, and the investing membrane of the spinal cord. It consists of molecules, which, when they escape from the ruptured cells, exhibit molecular movement. pigment-cell, s. Anat . (pl.): Cells containing pigment. [PIGMENT, II. 4.] pigment-liver, s. Anat. & Pathol .: A liver ascertained, after death by severe fever, to be dark or chocolate colored. with brown insulated figures on a darker ground. pigment-molecule, s . [PIGMENT, II. 2.] pigment-spot, s . Compar . Anat .: The eyespot in the Infusoria and Rotifer a.