Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jigger"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jigger \Jig"ger\, n. [See {Jig}, n. & v.]
1. One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who
sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the
sieve used in jigging.
2. (Pottery)
(a) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which
earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's
wheel.
(b) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a
potter's wheel.
3. (Naut.)
(a) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single
block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to
increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it
home; the watch tackle. --Totten.
(b) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl. [New Eng.]
(c) A supplementary sail. See {Dandy}, n., 2
(b) .
4. A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining
leather; same as {Jack}, 4
(i) .
{Jigger mast}. (Naut.)
(a) The after mast of a four-masted vessel.
(b) The small mast set at the stern of a yawl-rigged boat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jigger \Jig"ger\, n. [A corrupt. of chigre.] (Zo["o]l.)
A species of flea ({Sarcopsylla, or Pulex, penetrans}), which
burrows beneath the skin. See {Chigoe}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jigger \Jig"ger\ (j[i^]g"g[~e]r), n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small red mites (esp.
{Tetranychus irritans} and {T. Americanus}) which, in the
larval or leptus stage, burrow beneath the skin of man and
various animals, causing great annoyance. [Southern U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jigger \Jig"ger\, v. t. [Cf. {Jiggle}.]
To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive
or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.
He could jigger the ball o'er a steeple tall as most
men would jigger a cop. --Harper's
Mag.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chigoe \Chig"oe\, Chigre \Chig"re\, n. [Cf. F. chigue, perh. fr.
Catalan chic small, Sp. chico; or of Peruvian origin.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A species of flea ({Pulex penetrans}), common in the West
Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any
exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the
skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to
remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are
sometimes dangerous. See {Jigger}. [Written also {chegre},
{chegoe}, {chique}, {chigger}, {jigger}.]
Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain
mites or ticks having similar habits.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dandy \Dan"dy\, n.; pl. {Dandies}. [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly
fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to
E. dandle. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol.]
1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to
dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
2. (Naut.)
(a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is
set.
(b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small
boats; -- called also {jigger}, and {mizzen}.
3. A dandy roller. See below.
{Dandy brush}, a yard whalebone brush.
{Dandy fever}. See {Dengue}.
{Dandy line}, a kind of fishing line to which are attached
several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at
each end.
{Dandy roller}, a roller sieve used in machines for making
paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the
paper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jigger
n 1: a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
[syn: {shot glass}, {pony}]
2: any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the
mizzenmast of a yawl [syn: {jiggermast}]
3: larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including
human beings causing intense irritation [syn: {harvest
mite}, {chigger}, {redbug}]
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