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Rig
·noun A blast of wind.
II. Rig ·noun A <<Ridge>>.
III. Rig ·noun Dress; ·esp., odd or fanciful clo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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rig
Fun, game, diversion, or trick. To run one's rig upon any particular person; to make him a butt. l a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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rig
to run a rig upon a person is to banter harshly. To jeer. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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rig
Colloquially, mischievous frolic not carried to excess.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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dogs
To go to the dogs. To go to destruction; to be ruined, destroyed, or devoured.--Johnson.
Had whol...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dogs
The last supports knocked away at the launching of a ship.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Gunter rig
·- A topmast arranged with metal bands so that it will readily slide up and down the lower mast.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rig-Veda
·- ·see <<Veda>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Winter-rig
·vt To fallow or till in winter.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bleating rig
Sheep stealing. Cant.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dobin rig
Stealing ribbands from haberdashers early in the morning or late at night; generally practised by wo...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fawney rig
A common fraud, thus practised: A fellow drops a brass ring, double gilt, which he picks up before t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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konoblin rig
Stealing large pieces of coal from coalsheds.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lowing rig
Stealing oxen or cows.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tolliban rig
A species of cheat carried on by a woman, assuming the character of a dumb and deaf conjuror.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cat-rig
A rig which in smooth water surpasses every other, but, being utterly unsuited for sea or heavy weat...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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rig, to
To fit the shrouds, stays, braces, and running-rigging to their respective masts, yards, and sails. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Dog's-bane
·noun ·see <<Dogbane>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dog's-ear
·noun The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dog's-tongue
·noun Hound's-tongue.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dog's Head
In Aldersgate Street (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dog's portion
A lick and a smell. He comes in for only a dog's portion; a saying of one who is a distant admirer o...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dog's soup
Rain water.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dog's wife
Jocular ways of calling a woman a bitch.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dog's tongue
n.
name given to the plant Cynoglossum suaveolens, R. Br., N.O. Asperifoliae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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dog's bane
(Apocynum androsæmifolium.) The common name of a shrub, which grows along the road-side and borders ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dog's-body
Dried pease boiled in a cloth.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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dog's tail
A name for the constellation Ursa Minor or Little Bear.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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fog-dogs
Those transient prismatic breaks which occur in thick mists, and considered good symptoms of the wea...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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ring-dogs
Iron implements for hauling timber along: made by connecting two common dogs by a ring through the e...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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sling-dogs
In timber lifting, a dog is an iron implement with a fang at one end, and an eye at the other, in wh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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rig the gratings
Prepare them for punishment.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Dog's-tail grass
·noun A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is we...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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capstan, to rig the
To fix the bars in their respective holes, thrust in the pins to confine them, and reeve the swifter...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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rig of a ship
The disposition of the masts, cut of sails, &c., whether square or fore-and-aft rigs. In fact, the r...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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rig the capstan, to
To fix the bars in the drumhead in readiness for heaving; not forgetting to pin and swift. (See caps...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Dog's Head in the Pot
A shop called the Dogges Hedde in the potte in parish of St. Peter in Cheap, 4 Ed. VI. 1550 (Lond. I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dog's Head and Pottage-Pot Court
Out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.