GIG

n. v.

9 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A fiddle. [Obs.]

2.
v.

To engender. [Obs.] Dryden.

3.
n.

A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.

4.
v.

To fish with a gig.

5.
n.

A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.

6.
n.

A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play. Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig. Shak.

7.
n.

A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.

8.
n.

A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.

9.
n.

A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth. Gig machine, Gigging machine, Gig mill, or Napping machine. See Gig, 4. -- Gig saw. See Jig saw.

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