Gig

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To fish with a gig.

II. Gig ·noun A Fiddle.

III. Gig ·noun A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.

IV. Gig ·vt To Engender.

V. Gig ·noun A kind of spear or harpoon. ·see Fishgig.

VI. Gig ·noun A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.

VII. Gig ·noun A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.

VIII. Gig ·noun A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.

IX. Gig ·noun A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.

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