Result from Foreign Dictionaries (5 entries found)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Jig \Jig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jigging}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To sing to the tune of a jig. [1913 Webster] Jig off a tune at the tongue's end. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. --Ford. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See {Jigging}, n. [1913 Webster] 4. (Metal Working) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Jig \Jig\, v. i. 1. To dance a jig; to skip about. [1913 Webster] You jig, you amble, and you lisp. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks. The fin would jig off slowly, as if it were looking for nothing at all. --Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Jig \Jig\, n. [OF. gigue a stringed instrument, a kind of dance, F. gigue dance, tune, gig; of German origin; cf. MHG. g[imac]ge fiddle, G. geige. Cf. {Gig} a fiddle, {Gig} a whirligig.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Mus.) A light, brisk musical movement. [1913 Webster] Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jig. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme Praised and applauded. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 4. A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Is't not a fine jig, A precious cunning, in the late Protector? --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 5. A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached. [1913 Webster] 6. (Mach.) (a) A small machine or handy tool; esp.: (Metal Working) 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 template to work to, as in filing. (b) (Mining) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore. [1913 Webster] {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}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: jig n 1: music in three-four time for dancing a jig [syn: {jig}, {gigue}] 2: a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water 3: a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it 4: any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping v 1: dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: JIG Jabber Interest Group (Jabber)