Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PIG, n. [D. big. In Sax. piga, Dan. pige, is a little girl; Sw. piga, a maid servant. The word signifies a little one, or issue.]

1. The young of swine, male or female.
2. An oblong mass of unforged iron, lead or other metal. A pig of lead is the eighth of a fother, or 250 pounds. – Encyc.