Definition of jig

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"Jig (n.) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing..

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Pique :: Pique (n.) The jigger. See Jigger.
Jiggish :: Jiggish (a.) Playful; frisky.
Jig :: "Jig (n.) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing..
Jig :: "Jig (n.) A light, brisk musical movement..
Jig :: Jig (v. t.) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
Hutch :: Hutch (v. t.) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
Dandy :: Dandy (n.) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set.
Throw :: Throw (n.) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a)..
Jig :: Jig (n.) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
Jig :: "Jig (n.) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine..
Chigre :: Chigre (n.) A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger..
Jig :: "Jig (n.) A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached..
Frigatoon :: Frigatoon (n.) A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged..
Garlic :: Garlic (n.) A kind of jig or farce.
Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle..
Jig :: "Jig (n.) A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad..
Jig :: Jig (n.) A small machine or handy too.
Jigger :: "Jigger (n.) A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i)..
Jigger :: "Jigger (n.) A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe..
Jig :: "Jig (v. t.) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n..
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