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豬圈
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pig \Pig\, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige
girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[=i]ka.]
1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a
hog. ``Two pigges in a poke.'' --Chaucer.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any wild species of the genus {Sus} and related
genera.
3. [Cf. {Sow} a channel for melted iron.] 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}. (Zo["o]l.) 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.]
資料來源 : WordNet®
pig bed
n : mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
[syn: {pig}]