Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pig \Pig\, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige
   girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[=i]ka.]
   1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a
      hog. ``Two pigges in a poke.'' --Chaucer.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) Any wild species of the genus {Sus} and related
      genera.

   3. [Cf. {Sow} a channel for melted iron.] An oblong mass of
      cast iron, lead, or other metal. See {Mine pig}, under
      {Mine}.

   4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low]

   {Masked pig}. (Zo["o]l.) 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.]

Source : WordNet®

pig bed
     n : mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
         [syn: {pig}]