different between pail vs piggin

English

Etymology

From Middle English payle (“wooden container”), of uncertain origin.

Possibly from Old English pæ?el (“wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; liquid measure”), from Proto-Germanic *pagilaz, equivalent to peg +? -le. Compare Middle Dutch pegel (“half-pint”), Danish pægl (“half-pint”).

Alternatively from Old French paielle (“pan, cooking vessel, liquid measure”), from Latin patella (“shallow dish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?l/, enPR: p?l
  • IPA^(key): [p?e???], [p?e??]
• (US)
• Rhymes: -e?l
• Homophone: pale

Noun

pail (plural pails)

1. A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).

   Synonym: bucket

2. (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

Derived terms

• pailful

Translations

Anagrams

• ALIP, Pali, lipa, pali, pali-, pial, pila

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin pilus.

Noun

pail m

1. (body) hair

See also

• capei

English

Etymology

Origin obscure (possibly Celtic) but dates back at least to the 14th century.Scots; compare Scottish Gaelic pigean, diminutive of pigeadh, pige (“an earthen jar, pitcher, or pot”), Irish pigín, pighead, Welsh picyn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p???n/

Noun

piggin (plural piggins)

1. (dialect) A small pail, can or ladle with the handle on the side; a lading-can. In the colonial era, some buckets were made like a small barrel, but with one stave left extra long. This stave would be carved into a handle so the bucket could be used as an oversized scoop for scattering grain, slopping the hogs, etc.
   • 1899, Charles W. Chesnutt, The Goophered Grapevine.

     At length a little negro girl appeared, walking straight as an arrow, with a piggin full of water on her head.

   Synonyms: pig, pigg