Jig'ger, n.
n. [Eng. jig, v. i. See supra.]
Sense 1. One who, or that which, jigs, as a miner who sorts or cleans ore by a wire sieve, or the sieve itself.
Sense 2. A troublesome insect of tropical regions. See CHEGRE.
Sense 3. A machine with a revolving vertical spindle, carrying a block or mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a throw. Simmonds.
Sense 4. (Naut.) A small tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a top-sail-sheet in hauling it home. Totten.
Sense 5. A small fishing vessel. [U. S.] Bartlett.