Defn: To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
4. (Metal Working)
Defn: To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
JIG
Jig, v. i.
Defn: To dance a jig; to skip about.
You jig, you amble, and you lisp. Shak.
JIGGER
Jig"ger, n. Etym: [A corrupt. of chigre.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, or Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.
JIGGER
Jig"ger, n. Etym: [See Jig, n. & v.]
1. One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging.
2. (Pottery) (a) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel. (b) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.