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e of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wright.

A saddle horse. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

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.

See Wriggle.

with a very full head, used for fastening the rudder irons of ships; -- so called by shipwrights.

A shower of rain. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

A projecting rock. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

To wriggle. [Prov. Eng.]

A slight, sudden shower. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Sitting, as a lion or other beast. Sejant rampant, sitting with the forefeet lifted up. Wright.

One skilled in selenography. Wright.

The state of being notched minutely, like a fine saw. Wright.

A thin slice; a shaving. Wright.

Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance. Wright. Shifty and thrifty as old Greek or modern Scot, there were few things he could not invent, and perhaps nothing he could not endure. C. Kingsley.

age of seagoing vessels. -- Ship carpenter, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. -- Ship chandler, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. -- Ship chandlery, the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. -- Ship fever (Med.), a form…

person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.

point. -- Side wind, a wind from one side; hence, an indirect attack, or indirect means. Wright.

A number of foxes together. Wright.

Infection. [Pov. Eng.] Wright.

(Owenia venosa); also, the tree itself, which furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights.