jig

A trick. A pleasant jig; a witty arch trick. Also a lock or door. The feather-bed jig; copulation.

Jig
·noun A small machine or handy tool. II. Jig ·vt To sing to the tune of a jig. III. Jig ·noun A li...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
jig
The weight furnished with hooks, used in jigging (which see). ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
the jig is up
i. e. the game is up; it is all over with me. The time was when I could cut pigeon wings, and perfo...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.