Pig

pig, n. a young swine nn oblong ma of unforged metal, as first extracted from the ore, so called because made Lo flow when melted in channels called pigs, brandling from a main — channel called the sow. v.t. to bring forth pigs to live together like pigs:—pr pigging; ja.t. and pa.p. pigged [A.S. pecg, cog. with Dut. bigge, big, a pig. Cf. Ice. pika, Dan. pige, a girl.] Pigeon, pij'un, u. (lit,) that which pipes or chirps a well-known bird, the dove. (Fr. — L. pipio fjitc, fir m3 h mine Pilgrimage -ones, a young bird or pigeon, from pipio, to chirp. An imitative wotd. See Pipe.]