What does "wig" mean?
Wig: An old seal; -- so called by fishermen. Wig tree. (Bot.) See Smoke tree, under Smoke.
Additional senses
- 2.To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold. [Slang]
- 3.A kind of raised seedcake. "Wiggs and ale." Pepys.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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