rigger : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rigger	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for rigger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rigger n someone who rigs ships a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists Synonym(s): rigger, rigger brush someone who works on an oil rig Synonym(s): rigger, oil rigger a sailing vessel with a specified rig; "a square rigger"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rigger \Rig"ger\, n. 1. One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship. 2. A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rigger \Rig"ger\, n. (Painting) A long slender, and pointed sable brush for making fine lines, etc.; -- said to be so called from its use by marine painters for drawing the lines of the rigging.