Rig
[rɪg] or [rɪɡ]
Definition
(noun.) gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
(noun.) formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel.
(verb.) equip with sails or masts; 'rig a ship'.
(verb.) connect or secure to; 'They rigged the bomb to the ignition'.
(verb.) manipulate in a fraudulent manner; 'rig prices'.
(verb.) arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; 'rig an election'.
Typist: Serena--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A ridge.
(v. t.) To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
(v. t.) To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out.
(n.) 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. See Illustration in Appendix.
(n.) Dress; esp., odd or fanciful clothing.
(n.) A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.
(n.) A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
(n.) A blast of wind.
(v. i.) To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
(v. t.) To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
Checked by Cindy
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Dress (particularly in a fanciful manner), clothe, accoutre, rig out.[2]. Furnish with gear, fit with tackling.
n. Dress (odd or fanciful).
Editor: Vito
Definition
v.t. to clothe to dress: to put on: to equip: (naut.) to fit with sails and tackling:—pr.p. rig′ging; pa.t. and pa.p. rigged.—n. sails and tackling: an equipage or turn-out for driving &c.: fishing-tackle: (coll.) costume dress.—ns. Rig′ger one who rigs or dresses: in machinery a large cylindrical pulley or narrow drum; Rig′ging tackle: the system of cordage which supports a ship's masts and extends the sails: the roof; Rig′ging-loft the place in a theatre from which the scenery is raised; Rig′ging-screw a machine formed of a clamp worked by a screw; Rig′ging-tree a roof-tree; Rig′-out an outfit.—Rig out to furnish with complete dress &c.; Rig the market to raise or lower prices artificially.
n. a frolic trick: (obs.) a wanton.—v.i. to romp act the wanton.—adj. Rig′gish (Shak.) wanton lewd.—n. Rig′gite one who plays rigs a jester.—Run a rig to play a trick; Run the rig upon to play a trick upon.
n. (Scot.) a ridge: a path.
Checked by Debs
Examples
- Three were the oval Mill bomb type, serrated, heavy iron with a spring level held down in position by a cotter pin with pulling rig attached. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This, and my being esteemed a pretty good _rig-ite_, that is, a jocular verbal satirist, supported my consequence in the society. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Poor folks shouldn't rig, said Jo decidedly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Well, I'm wery glad I've seen the 'rig'nal, 'cos it's a gratifyin' sort o' thing, and eases vun's mind so much. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Oh, that's the 'rig'nal, is it? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I suppose the others are torn up to rig ships, bandage cut fingers, or make kite tails. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We rigged up the line between the two ends of the room, Edison taking the stage while I was at the other end of the room. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The market was 'rigged' in various artful ways. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The most familiar forms of the telephone are those seen in Figs. 61 and 62, but the ideal form is rigged in a cabinet or little room, which excludes all extraneous interfering sounds. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But, it's almost time for the carriage;--I wonder if Mrs. Smyth has got Harry rigged? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Adrian sat at the helm; I attended to the rigging, the breeze right aft filled our swelling canvas, and we ran before it over the untroubled deep. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Some sailors being aloft in the main-topsail rigging, the captain had ordered them to race down, threatening the hindmost with the cat-of-nine-tails. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Who does not know of the tarred rigging that once meant so much to the rope maker? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When steam power took the place of wind power in ships the use of tarred rigging naturally declined, yet tarred goods still form an important branch of the rope business. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Sum'at lyin' in the boat, cried Gurt, who had climbed up the weather rigging; maybe it's Mr Justinian. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Typist: Murray