swine
(noun) stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
swine (plural swine or swines)
(plural swine) A pig (the animal).
(pejorative) A contemptible person (plural swines).
(slang, derogatory) A police officer; a "pig".
(slang, derogatory) Something difficult or awkward; a pain.
swine
(archaic) plural of sow
• Wenis, Wiens, Wines, sewin, sinew, swein, we'ins, wenis, wines, wisen
Source: Wiktionary
Swine, n.sing. & pl. Etym: [OE. swin, AS. swin; akin to OFries. & OS. swin, D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. swin, Icel. svin, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth. swein; originally a diminutive corresponding to E. sow. See Sow, n.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog. "A great herd of swine." Mark v. 11. Swine grass (Bot.), knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare); -- so called because eaten by swine.
– Swine oat (Bot.), a kind of oat sometimes grown for swine.
– Swine's cress (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus Senebiera (S. Coronopus).
– Swine's head, a dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] Chaucer.
– Swine thistle (Bot.), the sow thistle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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