pigging
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pigging
Synonyms[edit]
Verb[edit]
pigging
- present participle and gerund of pig
Noun[edit]
pigging (plural piggings)
- (engineering) The use of a pig (the device) to clean a pipeline.
- 1955, American Gas Association, Proceedings, volume 37, page 1083:
- The main reason for the high efficiencies obtained over previous piggings can be attributed to the vented swabs with the check valve.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
pigging (plural piggings)
- Alternative form of piggin
- 1823, Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia:
- He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.