PIGGING
PIG
farrow, pig
(verb) give birth to (piglets); “sows farrow”
devour, guttle, raven, pig
(verb) eat greedily; “he devoured three sandwiches”
pig, pig it
(verb) live like a pig, in squalor
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
pigging
Damned (used as a mild intensive).
Synonyms
• blasted, blooming, confounded, damned
Verb
pigging
present participle of pig
Noun
pigging (plural piggings)
(engineering) The use of a pig (the device) to clean a pipeline.
Etymology 2
Noun
pigging (plural piggings)
Alternative form of piggin
Source: Wiktionary
PIG
Pig, n.
Definition: A piggin. [Written also pigg.]
Pig, n. Etym: [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. pika.]
1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. "Two pigges in a poke." Chaucer.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
3. Etym: [Cf. Sow a channel for melted iron.]
Definition: An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.
4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low] Masked pig. (Zoöl.) 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.]
Pig, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pigging.]
1. To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.
2. To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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