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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jigger \Jig"ger\, n. [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 yawl-rigged boat. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jigger \Jig"ger\, n. [A corrupt. of chigre.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of flea ({Sarcopsylla, or Pulex, penetrans}), which burrows beneath the skin. See {Chigoe}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jigger \Jig"ger\ (j[i^]g"g[~e]r), n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small red mites (esp. {Tetranychus irritans} and {T. Americanus}) which in the larval or leptus stage, burrow beneath the skin of man and various animals, causing great annoyance. [Southern U. S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jigger \Jig"ger\, v. t. [Cf. {Jiggle}.] To move send or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball. He could jigger the ball o'er a steeple tall as most men would jigger a cop. --Harper's Mag. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chigoe \Chig"oe\, Chigre \Chig"re\, n. [Cf. F. chigue, perh. fr Catalan chic small Sp chico; or of Peruvian origin.] (Zo["o]l.) 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}. [Written also {chegre}, {chegoe}, {chique}, {chigger}, {jigger}.] Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain mites or ticks having similar habits. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dandy \Dan"dy\, n.; pl {Dandies}. [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol.] 1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb. 2. (Naut.) a A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set b A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also {jigger}, and {mizzen}. 3. A dandy roller. See below. {Dandy brush}, a yard whalebone brush. {Dandy fever}. See {Dengue}. {Dandy line}, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end {Dandy roller}, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: jigger n 1: a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey [syn: {shot glass}, {pony}] 2: any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl [syn: {jiggermast}] 3: larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation [syn: {harvest mite}, {chigger}, {redbug}]
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