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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Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel..
Hutch :: Hutch (n.) A jig for washing ore.
Jig :: Jig (n.) A small machine or handy too.
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..
Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl..
Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b)..
Jigjog :: Jigjog (a.) Having a jolting motion.
Garlic :: Garlic (n.) A kind of jig or farce.
Jigging :: Jigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ji.
Sorrento Work :: Sorrento work () Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Hence, more rarely, jig-saw work and the like done anywhere..
Jigging :: "Jigging (n.) The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water..
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..
Jig :: "Jig (n.) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine..
Jig :: Jig (v. t.) To sing to the tune of a jig.
Jigger :: Jigger (n. & v.) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
Jig :: Jig (v. t.) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
Jig :: Jig (n.) A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.
Jig :: "Jig (n.) A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad..
Jiggle :: Jiggle (v. i.) To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to shake up and down.
Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging..
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