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PIGNORATION n. 2 definitions
The act of pledging or pawning.
PIGNORATIVE a.
Pledging, pawning. [R.]
PIGNUS n.
A pledge or pawn.
PIGNUT n. 2 definitions
See Groundnut (d).
PIGPEN n.
A pen, or sty, for pigs.
PIGSKIN n.
The skin of a pig, -- used chiefly for making saddles; hence, a colloquial or slang term for a saddle.
PIGSNEY n.
A word of endearment for a girl or woman. [Obs.] [Written also pigsnie, pigsny, etc.] Chaucer.
PIGSTY n.
A pigpen.
PIGTAIL n. 3 definitions
The tail of a pig.
PIGTAILED a.
Having a tail like a pig's; as, the pigtailed baboon.
PIGWEED n.
A name of several annual weeds. See Goosefoot, and Lamb's- quarters.
PIGWIDGEON n.
A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by Drayton as the name of a fairy.
PIKA n.
Any one of several species of rodents of the genus Lagomys, resembling small tailless rabbits. They inhabit the high mountains of Asia and America. Called also calling hare, and crying hare. See Chief hare.
PIKE n. 8 definitions
A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target. Beau. & Fl.
PIKE-DEVANT n.
A pointed beard. [Obs.]
PIKED a.
Furnished with a pike; ending in a point; peaked; pointed. "With their piked targets bearing them down." Milton.
PIKELET; PIKELIN n.
A light, thin cake or muffin. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
PIKEMAN n. 3 definitions
A soldier armed with a pike. Knolles.
PIKESTAFF n. 2 definitions
The staff, or shaft, of a pike.
PIKETAIL n.
See Pintail, 1.
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