3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swine  \Swine\,  n.sing.  &  pl  [OE.  swin,  AS  sw[=i]n;  akin  to 
  OFries  &  OS  swin,  D.  zwijn  G.  schwein,  OHG.  sw[=i]n,  Icel. 
  sv[=i]n,  Sw  svin,  Dan.  sviin  Goth.  swein;  originally  a 
  diminutive  corresponding  to  E.  sow.  See  {Sow},  n.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  animal  of  the  hog  kind  especially  one  of  the  domestical 
  species.  Swine  secrete  a  large  amount  of  subcutaneous  fat, 
  which  when  extracted,  is  known  as  lard.  The  male  is 
  specifically  called  boar,  the  female,  sow,  and  the  young, 
  pig.  See  {Hog}.  ``A  great  herd  of  swine.''  --Mark  v.  11. 
 
  {Swine  grass}  (Bot.),  knotgrass  ({Polygonum  aviculare});  -- 
  so  called  because  eaten  by  swine. 
 
  {Swine  oat}  (Bot.),  a  kind  of  oat  sometimes  grown  for  swine. 
 
 
  {Swine's  cress}  (Bot.),  a  species  of  cress  of  the  genus 
  {Senebiera}  ({S.  Coronopus}). 
 
  {Swine's  head},  a  dolt;  a  blockhead.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  {Swine  thistle}  (Bot.),  the  sow  thistle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  swine 
  n  :  stout-bodied  short-legged  omnivorous  animals 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Swine 
  (Heb.  hazir),  regarded  as  the  most  unclean  and  the  most  abhorred 
  of  all  animals  (Lev.  11:7;  Isa.  65:4;  66:3,  17;  Luke  15:15,  16). 
  A  herd  of  swine  were  drowned  in  the  Sea  of  Galilee  (Luke  8:32, 
  33).  Spoken  of  figuratively  in  Matt.  7:6  (see  Prov.  11:22).  It 
  is  frequently  mentioned  as  a  wild  animal,  and  is  evidently  the 
  wild  boar  (Arab.  khanzir),  which  is  common  among  the  marshes  of 
  the  Jordan  valley  (Ps.  80:13). 
 

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