Defn: Pitched; fixed; determined. [Obs.]
[His horse] pight him on the pommel of his head. Chaucer.
I found him pight to do it. Shak.
PIGHTEL
Pigh"tel, n. Etym: [Cf. Pight, Picle.]
Defn: A small inclosure. [Written also pightle.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
PIG-JAWED
Pig"-jawed`, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; — said of dogs.
PIGMEAN
Pig*me"an, a.
Defn: See Pygmean.
PIGMENT Pig"ment, n. Etym: [L. pigmentum, fr. the root of pingere to paint: cf. F. pigment. See Paint, and cf. Pimento, Orpiment.]
1. Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.
2. (Physiol.)