jiggings
plural of jigging
Source: Wiktionary
Jig"ging, n. (Mining)
Definition: 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. Jigging machine. (a) (Mining) A machine for separating ore by the process of jigging. (b) (Metal Working) A machine with a rotary milling cutter and a templet by which the action of the cutter is guided or limited; -- used for forming the profile of an irregularly shaped piece; a profiling machine.
Jig, n. Etym: [OF. gigue a stringed instrument, a kind of dance, F. gigue dance, tune, gig; of German origin; cf. MHG. gige fiddle, G. geige. Cf. Gig a fiddle, Gig a whirligig.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: A light, brisk musical movement. Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jib. Shak.
3. A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad. [Obs.] A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme Praised and applauded. Beau. & Fl.
4. A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. [Obs.] Is't not a fine jig, A precious cunning, in the late Protector Beau & Fl.
5. A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
6. (Mach.) (a) A small machine or handy tool; esp.: (Metal Working)
Definition: 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. (b) (Mining) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore. Drill jig, a jig for guiding a drill. See Jig,
6 (a).
– Jig drilling, Jig filing (Metal Working), a process of drilling or filing in which the action of the tool is directed or limited by a jig.
– Jig saw, a sawing machine with a narrow, vertically reciprocating saw, used to cut curved and irregular lines, or ornamental patterns in openwork, a scroll saw; -- called also gig saw.
Jig, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Jigging.]
1. To sing to the tune of a jig. Jig off a tune at the tongue's end. Shak.
2. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. Ford.
3. (Mining)
Definition: To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
4. (Metal Working)
Definition: To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
Jig, v. i.
Definition: To dance a jig; to skip about. You jig, you amble, and you lisp. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 June 2025
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