Masked pig. (Zoˆl.) 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.]
Pig, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pigged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pigging (?).]
1. To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to
farrow.