jiggers
noun
- 1
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
A measure of 1 1/2 fluid ounces of liquor.
- 3
A drink of whisky.
- 4
The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
- 5
One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
- 6
A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
- 7
A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
- 8
A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
- 9
A bicycle.
- 10
A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
- 11
A warehouse crane.
- 12
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.
- 13
A jiggermast.
- 14
A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
- 15
A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
- 16
One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person.
- 17
A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
- 18
A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.
- 19
A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.
- 20
The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
- 21
An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
- 22
A streetcar drawn by a single horse.
- 23
A kind of early electric cash register.
noun
- 1
A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.
- 2
A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.
noun
- 1
A prison; a jail cell.
- 2
An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.
- 3
A penis.
- 4
A vagina.
- 5
A door.
- 6
An illegal distillery.
- 7
A lock pick.
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