Jig off a tune at the tongue's end. -- Shak.
2. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. --Ford.
3. (Mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
See {Jigging}, n.
4. (Metal Working) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a
jigging machine.
Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jib. -- Shak.
3. 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.
4. A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. [Obs.]
Is't not a fine jig, A precious cunning, in the late
Protector? -- Beau & Fl.
5. A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook
attached.
6. (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}.
You jig, you amble, and you lisp. -- Shak.
The fin would jig off slowly, as if it were looking for
nothing at all. --Kipling.