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JIGGER
jiggermast, jigger
(noun) any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
jigger (plural jiggers)
(US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1 1/2 fluid ounces, the other typically 1 fluid ounce.
(US) A measure of 1 1/2 fluid ounces of liquor.
(US, slang) A drink of whisky.
(mining) The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
(mining) One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
(pottery) A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
(textiles) A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
(UK, slang, dated) A bicycle.
(golf, dated) A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
A warehouse crane.
(nautical) 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.
(nautical) A jiggermast.
(nautical, New England) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
(fishing) A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
(archaic) One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person.
(New Zealand) A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
(US) A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.
(rail, NZ) A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.
The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
(horse racing) An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
(archaic) A streetcar drawn by a single horse.
(archaic) A kind of early electric cash register.
Synonyms
• (pottery lathe): jolley
• (nautical mast): jiggermast
• (measure of liquor): pony
• (placeholder name): thingamajig; doojigger; see also thingy
• (rail vehicle): handcar; speeder
Verb
jigger (third-person singular simple present jiggers, present participle jiggering, simple past and past participle jiggered)
To alter or adjust, particularly in ways not originally intended.
(pottery) To use a jigger.
To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.
Synonyms
• (use a pottery jigger): jolley
Etymology 2
Noun
jigger (plural jiggers)
A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.
A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.
Etymology 3
Noun
jigger (plural jiggers)
(slang, archaic) A prison; a jail cell.
(dialect, Scouse, dated) An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.
(slang, euphemism) A penis.
(slang, euphemism) A vagina.
(obsolete, UK, thieves) A door.
(slang) An illegal distillery.
(slang, United Kingdom) A lock pick.
Synonyms
• (alleyway): See Thesaurus:alley
Verb
jigger (third-person singular simple present jiggers, present participle jiggering, simple past and past participle jiggered)
(slang, obsolete) To imprison.
(slang, archaic) To confound; to damn.
Source: Wiktionary
Jig"ger, n. Etym: [A corrupt. of chigre.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, or Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.
Jig"ger, n. Etym: [See Jig, n. & v.]
1. 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.
2. (Pottery) (a) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel. (b) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
3. (Naut.) (a) 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. Totten. (b) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl. [New Eng.] (c) A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b).
4. A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i). Jigger mast. (Naut.) (a) The after mast of a four- masted vessel. (b) The small mast set at the stern of a yawlrigged boat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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