Definition of Swne
Swine (?), n.sing. & pl. [OE.
swin, AS. swīn; akin to OFries. & OS. swin,
D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. swīn, Icel.
svīn, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth.
swein; originally a diminutive corresponding to E. sow.
See Sow, n.] (Zoöl.) Any
animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species.
Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when
extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called
boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See
Hog. "A great herd of swine." Mark v.
11.
Swine grass (Bot.), knotgrass
(Polygonum aviculare); -- so called because eaten by
swine. -- Swine oat (Bot.), a kind
of oat sometimes grown for swine. -- Swine's
cress (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus
Senebiera (S. Coronopus). -- Swine's
head, a dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] Chaucer. -
- Swine thistle (Bot.), the sow
thistle.
Swine (?), n.sing. & pl. [OE.
swin, AS. swīn; akin to OFries. & OS. swin,
D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. swīn, Icel.
svīn, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth.
swein; originally a diminutive corresponding to E. sow.
See Sow, n.] (Zoöl.) Any
animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species.
Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when
extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called
boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See
Hog. "A great herd of swine." Mark v.
11.
Swine grass (Bot.), knotgrass
(Polygonum aviculare); -- so called because eaten by
swine. -- Swine oat (Bot.), a kind
of oat sometimes grown for swine. -- Swine's
cress (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus
Senebiera (S. Coronopus). -- Swine's
head, a dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] Chaucer. -
- Swine thistle (Bot.), the sow
thistle.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Plural: swine) Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae.
- (Plural: swines) A contemptible person.
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- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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