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sow-pig
[f. sow n.1 8 c.]
A young female pig, esp. one which has been spayed; a sow.
1548Elyot, Scrofula,..a littell sow pigge. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 82 One bore pig and sow pig, that sucketh before. 1611Cotgr., Cochonniere, a Sow; or Sow-pigge. 1628Ford Lover's Mel. i. ii, There is within a mile or two, a Sow-pig Hath suckt a Brach, and now hunts the Deere..Aswell as any Hound in Cyprus. a1722Lisle Husb. (1752) 289 A sow-pig will eat well at a month old, but a boar-pig at that age will eat strong. 1760Phil. Trans. LII. 36 The four..soldiers touching with their swords..a sow-pig, held by an herald. 1838James Robber vi, With a cut in his neck, which has made him bleed like an old sow-pig. 1883W. G. Black Folk Med. xii. 198 There the sow-pigs were reared. |