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jig

jig is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 9 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.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.
  2. 2.A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. [Obs.] Is't not a fine jig, A precious cunning, in the late Protector Beau & Fl.
  3. 3.A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
  4. 4.(Mach.) (a) 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. (b) (Mining) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore. Drill jig, a jig for guiding a drill. See Jig, 6 (a). -- Jig drilling, Jig filing (Metal Working), a process of drilling or filing in which the action of the tool is directed or limited by a jig. -- Jig saw, a sawing machine with a narrow, vertically reciprocating saw, used to cut curved and irregular lines, or ornamental patterns in openwork, a scroll saw; -- called also gig saw.
  5. 5.To sing to the tune of a jig. Jig off a tune at the tongue's end. Shak.
  6. 6.To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. Ford.
  7. 7.(Mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
  8. 8.(Metal Working) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
  9. 9.To dance a jig; to skip about. You jig, you amble, and you lisp. Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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