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A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote. Burke.

A place for pigeons; a dovecote.

Having the toes turned in.

A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.

A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several other fishes.

A marine fish (Scorpæna porcus), native of Europe. It is reddish brown, mottled with dark brown and black.

A piggin. See 1st Pig. Sir W. Scott.

A place where swine are kept.

A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, -- often used as a dipper.

Relating to, or like, a pig; greedy.

Pitched; fixed; determined. [Obs.] [His horse] pight him on the pommel of his head. Chaucer. I found him pight to do it. Shak.

A small inclosure. [Written also pightle.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

See Pygmean.

Wine flavored with species and honey. Sir W. Scott. Pigment cell (Physiol.), a small cell containing coloring matter, as the pigmented epithelial cells of the choroid and iris, or the pigmented connective tissue cells in the skin of fishes, reptiles, etc.

Of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments. Dunglison. Pigmentary degeneration (Med.), a morbid condition in which an undue amount of pigment is deposited in the tissues.

A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.

Colored; specifically (Biol.), filled or imbued with pigment; as, pigmented epithelial cells; pigmented granules.

Pigmental.

See Pygmy. Pigmy falcon. (Zoöl.) Same as Falconet, 2 (a).

To pledge or pawn. [Obs.]