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noun

Rig n. A ridge. (Prov. or Scott.)

Rig n.

(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.

Dress; esp., odd or fanciful clothing. (Colloq.)

Rig n.

A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct. (Obs.)

A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.

A blast of wind. (Prov. Eng.) "That uncertain season before the rigs of Michaelmas were yet well composed."

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."

verb

Rig v. t. (past & past part. rigged; pres. part. rigging)

To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.

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."

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.

Rig v. t. To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer. (Obs. or Prov.)

To rig the market (Stock Exchange), to raise or lower market prices, as by some fraud or trick. (Cant)

Rig v. i. To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks. "Rigging and rifling all ways."

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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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