swine
/swaɪn/
noun
- 1
(plural swine) A pig (the animal).
- 2
A contemptible person (plural swines).
- 3
A police officer; a "pig".
- 4
Something difficult or awkward; a pain.
“That old car is a swine to manoeuvre.”
noun
- 1
A female pig.
- 2
A female bear, she-bear.
- 3
A female guinea pig.
- 4
A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
- 5
A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
- 6
A contemptible, often fat woman.
- 7
A sowbug.
- 8
A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.
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