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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Big'gin, n.

noun

n. [Fr. béguin, probably from the cap worn by the nuns called Béguines. See BEGUINE.]

  1. A child's cap or hood, or something worn about the head. “An old woman's biggin for a night-cap.” Massinger.
  2. [O. Eng. bigging, from big, to build; A.-S. byggan.] A building. [Obs.] Shak.
  3. [See PIGGIN.] A small wooden vessel.
  4. A contrivance for holding coffee-grounds (being a small bag or a metallic vessel minutely perforated at the bottom) through which boiling water is poured. Wright.