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A young pig, or a litter of pigs.

A little of pigs. Shak.

called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.

A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse. [Written also finikin.]

Leaf of lard. "Pig's flare." Dunglison.

ptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca. The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. Thoureau.

The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. Folding boat, a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Folding chairFolding door, one of two or more doors filling a single and hung upon hinges.

A pigsty. [Obs.]

. A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.

of a species of buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment. -- French casement (Arch.) See French window, under Window. -- French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk. -- French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. S…

A brown, nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.

Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders.

A division of birds including the true pigeons.

A female pig, when young.

The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.

A genus of herbs (Chenopodium) mostly annual weeds; pigweed.

One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the beat known species.

An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.

Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1.

steel, a variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron.