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A piggin. [Written also pigg.]

Having small, deep-set eyes.

Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn. B. Jonson. -- Pig"-head`ed*ness, n.

Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs.

Boar hunting; -- so called by Anglo-Indians. [Colloq.] Tackeray.

An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. [Slang] Blue pigeon (Zoöl.), an Australian passerine bird (Graucalus melanops); -- called also black-faced crow. -- Green pigeon (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to the family Treronidæ. -- Imperial pigeon (Zoöl.), any one of the large Asia…

Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted.

Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. Beau. & Fl.

Pigeon-hearted.

The dove's-foot geranium (Geranium molle).

To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report.

A place for pigeons; a dovecote.

Having the toes turned in.

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

Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; -- called also hogfish.

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.