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Rig

noun

1.

Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.

2.

A truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together. Synonyms: articulated lorry, semi, tractor trailer, trailer truck, trucking rig.

3.

Formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel. Synonym: rigging.

4.

A set of clothing (with accessories). Synonyms: getup, outfit, turnout.

5.

Gear used in fishing. Synonyms: fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, tackle.

6.

A vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses. Synonyms: carriage, equipage.

7.

The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme. Synonyms: cheat, swindle.

verb

(past & past part. rigged; pres. part. rigging)

1.

Arrange the outcome of by means of deceit. Synonym: set up.

2.

Manipulate in a fraudulent manner. Synonym: manipulate.

3.

Connect or secure to.

4.

Equip with sails or masts. Synonyms: set, set up.

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"Rig" Quotes from Famous Books

... pupils were, of course, permitted to dress as they chose, but it seemed as if Patricia was actually trying to see how strange a rig she could wear and ...

— Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore • Amy Brooks

... not be put down as a piece of story-teller's fancy. In another text of the Ulster cycle, Cath ruis na Rig, Conchobor's warriors adorn and beautify themselves in this way before the battle. The Aryan Celt behaved as did the Aryan Hellene. All readers of Herodotus will recall how the comrades of Leonidas prepared for battle by engaging in games and combing ...

— Heroic Romances of Ireland Volumes 1 and 2 Combined • A. H. Leahy

... she said. His father, however, would not hear of it, and dismissed the subject very shortly by saying that when Gjert was old enough, he intended him to go to Tergesen's rigging-loft in Vraangen and learn to rig. ...

— The Pilot and his Wife • Jonas Lie

... I ever saw," he repeated, fervently. "But—Lord, what will you do next? Whatever put it into your head to get into this rig?" ...

— The Pit • Frank Norris

... hobby somewhat irksome if a large number of plates have to be treated. The main difficulty is to secure an adequate water supply and to dispose of the waste water. At a small expenditure of money and energy it is easy, however, to rig up a contrivance which, if it does not afford the conveniences of a properly equipped dark room, is in advance of the jug-and-basin arrangement with which one might otherwise have to be content. A ...

— Things To Make • Archibald Williams

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