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<A NAME="pigiron">
<B>pig iron,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> crude iron as it first comes from the blast furnace or smelter. It was formerly usually cast into oblong masses called pigs, but is now often transferred in molten form to the next process. Pig iron is used to make steel, cast iron, and wrought iron. </DL>
<A NAME="piglatin">
<B>pig Latin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a children's slang consisting of English pronounced with the initial consonant of each word placed at the end and with a nonsense syllable (usually "ay") added. (Example:) Oodgay orningmay <B>=Good morning.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="piglead">
<B>pig lead,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> lead in the form of pigs. </DL>
<A NAME="piglet">
<B>piglet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a little pig. </DL>
<A NAME="pigling">
<B>pigling, </B>noun. <B>=piglet.</B></DL>
<A NAME="pigment">
<B>pigment, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a coloring matter, especially a powder or some easily pulverized dry substance. Paint and dyes are made by mixing pigments with oil, water, or some other liquid. <BR> <I>Ex. A remarkably white pigment, titanium dioxide, makes possible the sparkling beauty of your refrigerator, the enduring whiteness of your home, the pastel shades for your car (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the natural substance occurring in and coloring the tissues of an animal or plant. The color of a person's hair, skin, and eyes is due to pigment. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to color with or as if with pigment. </DL>
<A NAME="pigmentary">
<B>pigmentary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of, having to do with, containing, or consisting of pigment. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Biology.) characterized by the formation or presence of pigment. </DL>
<A NAME="pigmentation">
<B>pigmentation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the deposit of pigment in the tissue of a living animal or plant, causing coloration or discoloration. <DD><B> 2. </B>the coloration of an animal or plant. </DL>
<A NAME="pigmy">
<B>pigmy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mies,</B> adjective. <B>=pygmy.</B></DL>
<A NAME="pigmy">
<B>Pigmy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mies,</B> adjective. <B>=Pygmy.</B></DL>
<A NAME="pigmyspermwhale">
<B>pigmy sperm whale,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a rare black and grayish whale of warm seas, 9 to 13 feet long with a small dorsal fin. </DL>
<A NAME="pignolianut">
<B>pignolia nut, =pine nut.</B></DL>
<A NAME="pignus">
<B>pignus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nora.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Roman and Civil Law.) <DD><B> 1. </B>property pledged or pawned. <DD><B> 2. </B>a contract for pawning property. </DL>
<A NAME="pignut">
<B>pignut, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a thin-shelled, oily, bitterish nut of any one of several species of hickory of North America. <DD><B> b. </B>any one of the trees that bear these nuts. <DD><B> 2a. </B>the tuber of a European earthnut. <DD><B> b. </B>the plant itself. Also, <B>hognut.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pigpen">
<B>pigpen, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a pen where pigs are kept. <BR> <I>Ex. loud squealings from the pigpen.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a filthy place. <BR> <I>Ex. The bed unmade, clothes everywhere, the room was a pigpen.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pigsinblankets">
<B>pigs in blankets,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>small frankfurters or sausages baked or broiled in a casing of dough. <DD><B> 2. </B>broiled or sauteed oysters, chicken livers, or other delicacies wrapped in slices of bacon. </DL>
<A NAME="pigskin">
<B>pigskin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the skin or hide of a pig. <DD><B> 2. </B>leather made from it. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) a football. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) a saddle. </DL>
<A NAME="pigstick">
<B>pigstick, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-stuck,</B> <B>-sticking.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to hunt wild boar on horseback, with a spear. </DL>
<A NAME="pigsticker">
<B>pigsticker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who hunts wild boar. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) a large pocketknife. </DL>
<A NAME="pigsty">
<B>pigsty, </B>noun, pl. <B>-sties.</B> <B>=pigpen.</B></DL>
<A NAME="pigtail">
<B>pigtail, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a braid of hair hanging from the back of the head. <BR> <I>Ex. Her abundant hair hung over her shoulder in two tight pigtails (Arnold Bennett).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>tobacco in a thin, twisted roll or rope. </DL>
<A NAME="pigtailed">
<B>pigtailed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>wearing a pigtail or pigtails. <DD><B> 2. </B>having a tail like a pig's. </DL>
<A NAME="pigtailedmacaque">
<B>pigtailed macaque</B> or <B>monkey,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a macaque of the East Indies that grows to a length of about 20 inches and has a short, nearly hairless tail which it can curl up like a pig's. </DL>
<A NAME="pigtailmacaque">
<B>pigtail macaque</B> or <B>monkey,</B> <B>=pigtailed macaque.</B></DL>
<A NAME="pigweed">
<B>pigweed, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a genus of goosefoots, especially the white pigweed, a coarse weed with narrow, notched leaves sometimes used as a potherb and in salad; lamb's-quarters. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of certain weedy amaranths, especially the redroot. </DL>
<A NAME="pika">
<B>pika, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of certain small mammals, related to the rabbit but having short ears, and inhabiting rocky mountain slopes in the Northern Hemisphere; cony; calling hare; rock rabbit. </DL>
<A NAME="pikake">
<B>pikake, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a jasmine of Hawaii, introduced from the East Indies, with round, dark-green leaves and small, white, very fragrant flowers that are used to make leis. </DL>
<A NAME="pike">
<B>pike</B> (1), noun, verb, <B>piked,</B> <B>piking.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a spear with a long wooden handle, which foot soldiers used to carry before the invention of the bayonet; spear. Pikes had an iron or steel head. <BR> <I>Ex. He wanted pikes to set before his archers (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to pierce, wound, or kill with or as if with a pike. </DL>
<A NAME="pike">
<B>pike</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sharp point or spike, such as the head of an arrow or spear or the spike in the center of a buckler. </DL>
<A NAME="pike">
<B>pike</B> (3), noun, pl. <B>pikes</B> or (collectively) <B>pike.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large, slender, freshwater fish of the Northern Hemisphere, having spiny fins and a long narrow, pointed head. The muskellunge and pickerel are pikes. <BR> <I>Ex. And pikes, the tyrants of the watery plains (Alexander Pope).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of certain similar fishes, such as the garfish and the pike perch. </DL>
<A NAME="pike">
<B>pike</B> (4), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=turnpike.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>any main highway, especially one on which toll is paid. <DD><B> 3. </B>the toll paid at a turnpike gate. <DD><B> 4. </B>a railroad or model railroad. <BR><I>expr. <B>come down the pike,</B> </I>(U.S. Informal.) to make an appearance; show up; come along. <BR> <I>Ex. The same Board ... has a tendency to reject--on preposterously formal, checklist grounds--some of the most interesting teachers who come down the pike (Harper's). "I don't fall for all the propaganda that comes down the pike (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pike">
<B>pike</B> (5), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> in Northern England: <DD><B> 1. </B>a pointed summit. <DD><B> 2. </B>a mountain or hill with a pointed summit (widely used in the names of mountains and hills, especially in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire). </DL>
<B>pike</B> (7), intransitive verb, <B>piked,</B> <B>piking.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to gamble or do anything in a small, cautious way; be a piker. </DL>
<A NAME="pike">
<B>pike</B> (8), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a diving position in which the diver bends his body forward from the hips and keeps his legs straight at the knees with his toes pointed. Usually the diver touches his toes or puts his hands on his legs or knees in performing the pike. </DL>
<B>piked whale,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small baleen whale with a gray and white band across the flipper. </DL>
<A NAME="pikelet">
<B>pikelet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) a small, round tea cake or crumpet. </DL>
<A NAME="pikeman">
<B>pikeman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a soldier armed with a pike. </DL>
<A NAME="pikeperch">
<B>pike perch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several large varieties of North American perches, such as the walleyed pike and the sauger, that resemble a pike, especially in the shape of the head. </DL>
<A NAME="pikepole">
<B>pike pole,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a pole eight to sixteen feet long with a metal hook, used by firemen in pushing, pulling, or prying materials that are hard to reach. </DL>
<A NAME="piker">
<B>piker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a person who does things in a small or cheap way. <DD><B> 2. </B>a stingy or niggardly person. <DD><B> 3. </B>a cautious or timid gambler who makes only small bets. </DL>
<A NAME="pikestaff">
<B>pikestaff, </B>noun, pl. <B>-staves.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the wooden staff or shaft of a pike or spear. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Scottish.) a staff or walking stick with a metal point or spike at the lower end like an alpenstock. </DL>
<A NAME="pilaf">
<B>pilaf</B> or <B>pilaff, </B>noun. <B>=pilau.</B></DL>
<A NAME="pilar">
<B>pilar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with the hair. </DL>
<A NAME="pilary">
<B>pilary, </B>adjective. <B>=pilar.</B></DL>
<A NAME="pilaster">
<B>pilaster, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a flat, rectangular pillar, especially when not standing alone, but supporting or decorating part of a wall from which it projects somewhat. </DL>
<A NAME="pilastered">
<B>pilastered, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> furnished with pilasters. </DL>
<A NAME="pilastrade">
<B>pilastrade, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a row of pilasters. </DL>
<A NAME="pilau">
<B>pilau</B> or <B>pilaw, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an Oriental dish consisting of rice or cracked wheat boiled with mutton, fowl, or fish, and flavored, as with spices and raisins. </DL>
<A NAME="pilchard">
<B>pilchard, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small European marine food fish, related to the herring, but smaller and rounder. A sardine is a young pilchard. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of certain similar fishes, such as a variety found off the California coast. <BR> <I>Ex. In the Mediterranean and off California considerably larger "sardines" are caught, more correctly called pilchards (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
