adj. Not pregnant; not producing young (not calving) in a given season or year; barren.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A litter of pigs.
v. To bring forth (young); -- said only of swine.
adj. Not producing young in a given season or year; -- said only of cows.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A little pig.
n. A litter of pigs.
To bring forth, as pigs: said only of swine.
Not producing young in a particular season or year: applied to cows only.
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v. give birth
n. the production of a litter of pigs
Word Usage
"His earlier description of Ireland, "the old sow that eats her farrow," is acted out in the Circe's disorderly house, where men are figuratively turned into swine."