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Definition: Masked pig
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.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Any wild species of the genus
Sus and related
genera.
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3. [Cf.
Sow a channel for melted iron.] An oblong mass of
cast iron, lead, or other metal. See
Mine pig, under
Mine.
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4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low]
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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.]
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Masked
\Masked\, a.
1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks;
concealed; hidden.
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2. (Bot.) Same as
Personate.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) Having the anterior part of the head differing
decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said
of birds.
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Masked ball, a ball in which the dancers wear masks.
Masked battery (Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be
seen by an enemy until it opens fire. --H. L. Scott.
Masked crab (Zo["o]l.), a European crab (
Corystes cassivelaunus
) with markings on the carapace somewhat
resembling a human face.
Masked pig (Zo["o]l.), a Japanese domestic hog (
Sus pliciceps
). Its face is deeply furrowed.
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