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rig

RIG, n. A ridge, which see.

RIG, v.t.

1. to dress; to put on; when applied to persons, not elegant, but rather a ludicrous word, to express the putting on of a gay, flaunting or unusual dress.

Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace, with a feather in his cap.

2. To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.

3. To rig a ship, in seamen's language, is to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, &c. to their respective masts and yards.

RIG, n. [See the Verb.]

1. Dress; also, bluster.

2. A romp; a wanton; a strumpet.

To run the rig, to play a wanton trick.

To run the rig upon, to practice a sportive trick on.

RIG, v.i. to play the wanton.



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RIG, n. A ridge, which see.

RIG, v.t.

1. to dress; to put on; when applied to persons, not elegant, but rather a ludicrous word, to express the putting on of a gay, flaunting or unusual dress.

Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace, with a feather in his cap.

2. To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.

3. To rig a ship, in seamen's language, is to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, &c. to their respective masts and yards.

RIG, n. [See the Verb.]

1. Dress; also, bluster.

2. A romp; a wanton; a strumpet.

To run the rig, to play a wanton trick.

To run the rig upon, to practice a sportive trick on.

RIG, v.i. to play the wanton.


RIG, n.1 [Sax.]

A ridge, – which see.


RIG, n.2 [See the Verb.]

  1. Dress; also, bluster.
  2. A romp; a wanton; a strumpet. To run the rig, to play a wanton trick. To run the rig upon, to practice a sportive trick on.

RIG, v.i.

To play the wanton.


RIG, v.t. [Sax. wrigan, to put on, to cover, whence Sax. hrægle, a garment, contracted into rail, in night-rail.]

  1. To dress; to put on; when applied to persons, not elegant, but rather a ludicrous word, to express the putting on of a gay, flaunting or unusual dress. Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace, with a feather in his cap. – L'Estrange.
  2. To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
  3. To rig a ship, in seamen's language, is to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, &c. to their respective masts and yards. – Mar. Dict.

Rig
  1. A ridge.

    [Prov. or Scott.]
  2. To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
  3. The peculiar fitting in shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts, by which different types of vessels are distinguished; as, schooner rig, ship rig, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
  4. A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.

    [Obs.] Fuller.
  5. To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.

    "Rigging and rifling all ways." Chapman.
  6. To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.

    [Obs. or Prov.] Tusser.

    To rig the market (Stock Exchange), to raise or lower market prices, as by some fraud or trick. [Cant]

  7. To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out.

    Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace. L'Estrange.

    To rig a purchase, to adapt apparatus so as to get a purchase for moving a weight, as with a lever, tackle, capstan, etc. -- To rig a ship (Naut.), to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, etc., to their respective masts and yards.

  8. Dress; esp., odd or fanciful clothing.

    [Colloq.]
  9. A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
  10. A blast of wind.

    [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

    That uncertain season before the rigs of Michaelmas were yet well composed. Burke.

    To run a rig, to play a trick; to engage in a frolic; to do something strange and unbecoming.

    He little dreamt when he set out
    Of running such a rig.     Cowper.

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Rig

RIG, noun A ridge, which see.

RIG, verb transitive

1. to dress; to put on; when applied to persons, not elegant, but rather a ludicrous word, to express the putting on of a gay, flaunting or unusual dress.

Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace, with a feather in his cap.

2. To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.

3. To rig a ship, in seamen's language, is to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, etc. to their respective masts and yards.

RIG, noun [See the Verb.]

1. Dress; also, bluster.

2. A romp; a wanton; a strumpet.

To run the rig to play a wanton trick.

To run the rig upon, to practice a sportive trick on.

RIG, verb intransitive to play the wanton.

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