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rigger


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rigger  \Rig"ger\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  rigs  or  dresses;  one  whose  occupation  is  to  fit 
  the  rigging  of  a  ship. 
 
  2.  A  cylindrical  pulley  or  drum  in  machinery.  [R.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rigger  \Rig"ger\,  n.  (Painting) 
  A  long  slender,  and  pointed  sable  brush  for  making  fine 
  lines,  etc.;  --  said  to  be  so  called  from  its  use  by  marine 
  painters  for  drawing  the  lines  of  the  rigging. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rigger 
  n  1:  someone  who  rigs;  "he  is  an  oil  rigger" 
  2:  a  long  slender  pointed  sable  brush  used  by  artists 




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