JIG

A light, brisk musical movement. Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jib. Shak.

A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad. [Obs.] A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme Praised and applauded. Beau. & Fl.

A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. [Obs.] Is't not a fine jig, A precious cunning, in the late Protector Beau & Fl.

A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.

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 templet to work to, as in filing.

To sing to the tune of a jig. Jig off a tune at the tongue's end. Shak.

To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. Ford.

To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.

To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.

To dance a jig; to skip about. You jig, you amble, and you lisp. Shak.