Definition of jig

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Jig (n.) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.

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Jig :: Jig (v. t.) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
Garlic :: Garlic (n.) A kind of jig or farce.
Dandy :: Dandy (n.) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set.
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..
Hutch :: Hutch (v. t.) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
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.) An apparatus or a machine for jigging 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..
Throw :: Throw (n.) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a)..
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..
Dandy :: Dandy (n.) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen..
Jigjog :: Jigjog (a.) Having a jolting motion.
Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel..
Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b)..
Jeg :: "Jeg (n.) See Jig, 6..
Jig :: Jig (v. i.) To dance a jig; to skip about.
Jig :: "Jig (n.) A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad..
Jigger :: Jigger (n. & v.) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
Jig :: "Jig (n.) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine..
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