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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Jig \Jig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jigging}.] 1. To sing to the tune of a jig. Jig off a tune at the tongue's end. -- Shak. 2. To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. --Ford. 3. (Mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See {Jigging}, n. 4. (Metal Working) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Jigging \Jig"ging\, n. (Mining) The act or using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water. {Jigging machine}. (a) (Mining) A machine for separating ore by the process of jigging. (b) (Metal Working) A machine with a rotary milling cutter and a templet by which the action of the cutter is guided or limited; -- used for forming the profile of an irregularly shaped piece; a profiling machine. | |
