rig

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1. 1.To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
2. 2.To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out. Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace. L'Estrange. To rig a purchase, to adapt apparatus so as to get a purchase for moving a weight, as with a lever, tackle, capstan, etc. -- To rig a ship (Naut.), to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, etc., to their respective masts and yards.
3. 3.(Naut.) The peculiar fitting in shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts, by which different types of vessels are distinguished; as, schooner rig, ship rig, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
4. 4.Dress; esp., odd or fanciful clothing. [Colloq.]
5. 5.A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct. [Obs.] Fuller.
6. 6.A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
7. 7.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.
8. 8.To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks. "Rigging and rifling all ways." Chapman.
9. 9.To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer. [Obs. or Prov.] Tusser. To rig the market (Stock Exchange), to raise or lower market prices, as by some fraud or trick. [Cant]

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

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• What is to furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling called?
• What is the peculiar fitting in shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts, by which different types of vessels are distinguished; as, schooner rig, ship rig, etc. See Illustration in Appendix called?
• What is dress; esp., odd or fanciful clothing. [Colloq.] called?
• What is a romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct. [Obs.] Fuller called?
• What is a sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic called?
• What is to play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks. "Rigging and rifling all ways." Chapman called?
• What is to make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer. [Obs. or Prov.] Tusser. To rig the market (Stock Exchange), to raise or lower market prices, as by some fraud or trick. [Cant] called?