Defn: To fish with a gig.
GIG
Gig, n. Etym: [OE. gigge. Cf. Giglot.]
Defn: A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
GIG Gig, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. g fiddle, MHG. g, G. geige, Icel. geiga to take a wrong direction, rove at random, and E. jig.]
1. A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play. Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig. Shak.
2. A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.
4. (Mach.)
Defn: A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for
teaseling woolen cloth. Gig machine, Gigging machine, Gig mill, or
Napping machine. See Gig, 4.
— Gig saw. See Jig saw.