"pig" meaning in Scots

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Noun

Forms: pigs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English pigge, pygge, from Old English *picga (“pig; pigling”), see English pig. Sense of "vessel; jar" is from Middle English pygg, perhaps an extension of the above. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|pigge}} Middle English pigge, {{inh|sco|ang|*picga|t=pig; pigling}} Old English *picga (“pig; pigling”), {{inh|sco|enm|pygg}} Middle English pygg Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|pigs|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} pig (plural pigs), {{sco-noun}} pig (plural pigs)
  1. (countable) pig (any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus or the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus) Tags: countable Categories (lifeform): Pigs
    Sense id: en-pig-sco-noun--qhMU5nz Disambiguation of Pigs: 96 4 Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 99 1
  2. pot, jar, earthenware
    Sense id: en-pig-sco-noun-cy0~gKJm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pig-hoose, pig-iron, pirlie pig, uilie-pig, whisky pig
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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          "cloven",
          "cloven"
        ],
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          "hooves",
          "hooves"
        ],
        [
          "bristle",
          "bristle"
        ],
        [
          "nose",
          "nose"
        ],
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          "digging",
          "digging"
        ],
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          "domesticated",
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      ],
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          "jar",
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        ],
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          "earthenware",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "Scots terms derived from Old English",
    "Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
    "Scots terms inherited from Old English",
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      "word": "pig-hoose"
    },
    {
      "word": "pig-iron"
    },
    {
      "word": "pirlie pig"
    },
    {
      "word": "uilie-pig"
    },
    {
      "word": "whisky pig"
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          "nose",
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          "digging",
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        "pot, jar, earthenware"
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