Piggin
(Pig"gin) n. [Scot.; cf. Gael. pigean, dim. of pigeadh, pige, an earthen jar, pitcher, or pot, Ir. pigin, pighead, W. piccyn.] A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, — often used as a dipper.

Piggish
(Pig"gish) a. Relating to, or like, a pig; greedy.

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

Pight
(Pight) imp. & p. p. of Pitch, to throw; — used also adjectively. Pitched; fixed; determined. [Obs.]

[His horse] pight him on the pommel of his head.
Chaucer.

I found him pight to do it.
Shak.

Pightel
(Pigh"tel) n. [Cf. Pight, Picle.] A small inclosure. [Written also pightle.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Pig-jawed
(Pig"-jawed`) a. (Zoöl.) Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; — said of dogs.

Pigmean
(Pig*me"an) a. See Pygmean.
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