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a. Rigged like a catboat. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. [ Icel. Frigg. See Friday. ] (Scand. Myth.) The wife of Odin and mother of the gods; the supreme goddess; the Juno of the Valhalla. Cf. Freya. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Rigged for temporary service; done or made using whatever materials are available; makeshift; as, the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear. See Jury, a.
Syn. -- improvised, makeshift. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

adj. rigged with a triangular (lateen sail).
Syn. -- lateen. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. rigged with a structure projecting from or over the side of a boat for various purposes; having an outrigger; -- to prevent capsizing or to support an oarlock or to help secure a mast etc. See outrigger [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) (a) A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat. (b) A boat thus equipped. (c) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end; also used attributively, as an outrigger canoe. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. (Aeronautics) A projecting frame used to support the elevator or tail planes, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having too much rigging. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Priggism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. -- Prig"gish*ly, adv. -- Prig"gish-ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig. Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Roguery; thievery. [ Obs. ] Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Dress; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails. [ 1913 Webster ]

Running rigging (Naut.), all those ropes used in bracing the yards, making and shortening sail, etc., such as braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like. --
Standing rigging (Naut.), the shrouds and stays. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a rig or wanton. [ Obs. ] “Riggish and unmaidenly.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The European lance fish. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. See Wriggle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To wriggle. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having sprigs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of sprigs or small branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For older tricker, from D. trekker, fr. trekken to draw, pull. See Trick, n. ] 1. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trigger fish (Zool.), a large plectognath fish (Balistes Carolinensis or Balistes capriscus) common on the southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called also leather jacket, and turbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wriggled p. pr. & vb. n. Wriggling ] [ Freq. of wrig, probably from OE. wrikken to move to and fro; cf. LG. wriggeln, D. wrikken, Sw. vricka, Dan. vrikke. ] To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats,
as long as the cushion lasted. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Covetousness will wriggle itself out at a small hole. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wriggling his body to recover
His seat, and cast his right leg over. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible. [ Obs. ] “Their wriggle tails.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of wriggling; a short or quick writhing motion or contortion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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n. One who, or that which, wriggles. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]