Porcine: alternatives and connections

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

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A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

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Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age.

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Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age.

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Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is kno…

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Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.

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Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish.

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Relating to, or like, a pig; greedy.

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Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot.

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