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wig

wig is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.An old seal; -- so called by fishermen. Wig tree. (Bot.) See Smoke tree, under Smoke.
  2. 2.To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold. [Slang]
  3. 3.A kind of raised seedcake. "Wiggs and ale." Pepys.

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

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