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Bible Dictionaries
Jig
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) 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 templet to work to, as in filing.
(2):
(v. i.) To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
(3):
(v. t.) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
(4):
(v. t.) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
(5):
(n.) A light, brisk musical movement.
(6):
(n.) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
(7):
(n.) A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
(8):
(n.) A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
(9):
(v. i.) To dance a jig; to skip about.
(10):
(n.) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
(11):
(n.) A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.
(12):
(n.) A small machine or handy tool
(13):
(v. t.) To sing to the tune of a jig.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Jig'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/j/jig.html. 1828.
