What is "to run a rig"

Rig \Rig\, n. [Cf. Wriggle.]

1. A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct. [Obs.]
   --Fuller.

2. A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.

3. A blast of wind. [Prov. Eng.]
   --Wright.

   That uncertain season before the rigs of Michaelmas were yet well composed.
   --Burke.

   To run a rig, to play a trick; to engage in a frolic; to do something strange and unbecoming.

   He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a rig.
   --Cowper.