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Webster 1913 Edition

Rig

Rig

,
Noun.
[See
Ridge
.]
A ridge.
[Prov. or Scott.]

Rig

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rigged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Rigging
.]
[Norweg.
rigga
to bind, particularly, to wrap round, rig; cf. AS.
wrīhan
to cover.]
1.
To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
2.
To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner; – commonly followed by out.
Jack was
rigged
out in his gold and silver lace.
L’Estrange.
To rig a purchase
,
to adapt apparatus so as to get a purchase for moving a weight, as with a lever, tackle, capstan, etc.
–
To rig a ship
(Naut.)
,
to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, etc., to their respective masts and yards.

Rig

,
Noun.
1.
(Naut.)
The peculiar fitting in shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts, by which different types of vessels are distinguished;
as, schooner
rig
, ship
rig
, etc.
See Illustration in Appendix.
2.
Dress; esp., odd or fanciful clothing.
[Colloq.]

Rig

,
Noun.
[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.

Rig

,
Verb.
I.
To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
“Rigging and rifling all ways.”
Chapman.

Rig

,
Verb.
T.
To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
[Obs. or Prov.]
Tusser.
To rig the market
(Stock Exchange)
,
to raise or lower market prices, as by some fraud or trick.
[Cant]

Webster 1828 Edition

Rig

RIG

,
Noun.
A ridge, which see.

RIG

, v.t.
1.
to dress; to put on; when applied to persons, not elegant, but rather a ludicrous word, to express the putting on of a gay, flaunting or unusual dress.
Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace, with a feather in his cap.
2.
To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
3.
To rig a ship, in seamen's language, is to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, &c. to their respective masts and yards.

RIG

,
Noun.
[See the Verb.]
1.
Dress; also, bluster.
2.
A romp; a wanton; a strumpet.
To run the rig, to play a wanton trick.
To run the rig upon, to practice a sportive trick on.

RIG

,
Verb.
I.
to play the wanton.

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