Crossword clues for jigger
jigger
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chigoe \Chig"oe\, Chigre \Chig"re\, n. [Cf. F. chigue, perh. fr. Catalan chic small, Sp. chico; or of Peruvian origin.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of flea ( Tunga penetrans, formerly Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. [Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger.]
Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain mites or ticks having similar habits. [1913 Webster] ||
Dandy \Dan"dy\ (d[a^]n"d[y^]), n.; pl. Dandies (d[a^]n"d[i^]z). [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2 & 3 are of uncertain etymology.]
One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
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A dandy roller. See below.
Dandy brush, a yard whalebone brush.
Dandy fever. See Dengue.
Dandy line, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end.
Dandy roller, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context US English) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1 1/2 fluid ounces, the other typically 1 fluid ounce. 2 (context US English) A measure of 1 1/2 fluid ounces of liquor. 3 (context mining English) The sieve used in sorting or separating ore. 4 (context mining English) One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging. 5 (context pottery English) A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware. 6 (context textiles English) A device used in the dyeing of cloth. 7 A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather. 8 (context golf dated English) A wooden or metal headed golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances. 9 (context nautical English) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle. 10 (context nautical English) A jiggermast. 11 (context nautical New England English) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl. 12 (context fishing English) A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes. 13 (context archaic English) One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person. 14 (context New Zealand English) A short board or plank inserted into tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches. 15 (context US English) A placeholder name for any small mechanical device. vb. 1 To alter or adjust, particularly in ways not originally intended. 2 (context pottery English) To use a jigger. 3 To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball. Etymology 2
n. 1 A sandflea, ''Tunga penetrans'', of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe. 2 A larva of any of several mites in the family (taxlink Trombiculidae family noshow=1); chigger, harvest mite. Etymology 3
n. 1 (context slang archaic English) A prison; a jail cell. 2 (context dialect Scouse dated English) An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses. 3 (context slang euphemism English) A penis. 4 (context slang euphemism English) A vagin
5 (context slang English) A door. 6 (context slang English) An illegal distillery. v
1 (context slang obsolete English) To imprison. 2 (context slang archaic English) To confound; to damn.
WordNet
n. a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey [syn: shot glass, pony]
any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl [syn: jiggermast]
larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation [syn: harvest mite, chigger, redbug]
Wikipedia
Jigger may refer to:
- Handcar, a hand-operated railway car, mostly used for maintenance
- Jigger (unit), a measure of alcoholic beverage ingredients
- Jigger (bartending) the tool used to measure out a jigger
- Jigger, a machine for the shaping of clay body into flatware by the differential rotation of a profile tool and mould
- Tunga penetrans or chigoe flea, a tropical parasitic arthropod that can cause an inflammatory skin disease tungiasis
- Jiggermast, the aftmost mast of a four-masted sailing ship
- Pallet jack, a tool used to lift and move pallets
- Ice jigger, a tool for setting fish nets under ice between two distant holes
- Jiggerpole, a very long fishing pole used with a very short and very heavy line
- Jigger, an obsolete golf club that was a very low lofted iron with a shortened shaft
Usage examples of "jigger".
Jiggering the latch inside as quietly as he could, Alec opened the shutter and climbed through.
I wanted to drive deep into the Atchafalaya Swamp, past the confines of reason, into the past, into a world of lost dialects, gator hunters, busthead whiskey, moss harvesters, Jax beer, trotline runners, moonshiners, muskrat trappers, cockfights, bloodred boudin, a jigger of Jim Beam lowered into a frosted schooner of draft, outlaw shrimpers, dirty rice black from the pot, hogmeat cooked in rum, Pearl and Regal and Grand Prize and Lone Star iced down in washtubs, crawfish boiled with cob corn and artichokes, all of it on the tree-flooded, alluvial rim of the world, where the tides and the course of the sun were the only measures of time.
He confided in the landlord that he was having his fortnight off: mooching round the country on the old jigger: rather thought of putting up somewhere for a bit.
There, indeed, was the lugger, under her foresail and mainsail, with the jigger brailed, coming down wing-and-wing, and glancing along the glittering sea like the duck sailing toward her nest.
I wanted to drive deep into the Atchafalaya Swamp, past the confines of reason, into the past, into a world of lost dialects, gator hunters, busthead whiskey, moss harvesters, Jax beer, trotline runners, moonshiners, muskrat trappers, cockfights, bloodred boudin, a jigger of Jim Beam lowered into a frosted schooner of draft, outlaw shrimpers, dirty rice black from the pot, hogmeat cooked in rum, Pearl and Regal and Grand Prize and Lone Star iced down in washtubs, crawfish boiled with cob corn and artichokes, all of it on the tree-flooded, alluvial rim of the world, where the tides and the course of the sun were the only measures of time.
However, when it rolled ashore Jiggers, the cook, discovered that dirty river water had seeped into a barrel of flour and fifty pounds of sugar.
Trey long to purchase the flour and sugar, adding to his order some chewing tobbaco for Jiggers and a box of cheroots for his friend Matt Carlton.
Trey dashed his wash water onto a patch of brush and then settled down in front of the cookfire to watch Jiggers stir up a batch of skillet-bread dough.
Darkness had settled in when Jiggers had the sourdough batter frying over a bed of live coals.
The first bunch would come in then and sleep until just before dawn, when Jiggers would roust them out of their bedrolls.
When Jiggers banged on a pan a few hours later, announcing that breakfast was ready, Trey was tempted to leave the herd and ride with Lacey to the ranch.
All the riders had saddled fresh horses, and the first half of the group was eating the beefsteaks Jiggers had prepared for them when lightning lit up the area, followed by a deafening roll of thunder.
Drenched and blinded by the slashing rain, the men were trying desperately to turn the frightened cattle away from the chuck wagon, where Jiggers was hanging on to the frantic mules, and the horses in the remuda were squealing their terror as the thundering herd swept toward them.
He could see Jiggers hobbling around the campfire, starting breakfast.
Breakfast was ready then, and they lined up to have Jiggers fill their tin plates with flapjacks and bacon.