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An old seal; -- so called by fishermen. Wig tree. (Bot.) See Smoke tree, under Smoke.

the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England.

A widgeon. [R.]

A kind of raised seedcake. "Wiggs and ale." Pepys.

, a. Having the head covered with a wig; wearing a wig.

A wig or wigs; false hair. [R.] A. Trollope.

or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]

The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called also wiggletail.

To neigh; to whinny. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

A whit; a bit; a jot. [Obs.] She was fallen asleep a little wight. Chaucer.

Swiftly; nimbly; quickly. [Obs.]

Having or wearing no wig.

To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose. [Colloq.]

k, or mats; -- called also tepee. [Sometimes written also weekwam.] Very spacious was the wigwam, Made of deerskin dressed and whitened, With the gods of the Dacotahs Drawn and painted on its curtains. Longfellow.

A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag.

To cover (the head) with a wig. Hawthorne.

characterized by pomposity of manner. [Eng.]

A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society. [Jocose] In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the bigwigs with extreme condescension. Dickens.

A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig. Spectator.

or attempt to influence, by whispered insinuations or private talk. "No longer was he earwigged by the Lord Cravens." Lord Campbell.