Rig

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  • transitive verb. To provide with a harness or equipment; fit out.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To equip (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
  • transitive verb. To fit (sails or shrouds, for example) to masts and yards.
  • transitive verb. To dress, clothe, or adorn.
  • transitive verb. To make or construct in haste or in a makeshift manner.
  • transitive verb. To manipulate dishonestly for personal gain.
  • noun. The arrangement of masts, spars, and sails on a sailing vessel.
  • noun. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A truck or tractor.
  • noun. A tractor-trailer.
  • noun. A vehicle with one or more horses harnessed to it.
  • noun. The special apparatus used for drilling oil wells and extracting the oil.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A costume or an outfit.
  • noun. Fishing tackle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An obsolete or dialectal form of ridge.
  • To fit (a ship) with the necessary tackle; fit, as the shrouds, stays, braces, etc., to their respective masts and yards.
  • To dress; fit out or decorate with clothes or personal adornments: often with out or up.
  • To fit out; furnish; equip; put in condition for use: often followed by out or up.
  • To make or use a rig, as in angling: as, to rig light (that is, to use a light fishing-tackle).
  • noun. Nautical, the characteristic manner of fitting the masts and rigging to the hull of any vessel: thus, schooner-rig, ship-rig, etc., have reference to the masts and sails of those vessels, without regard to the hull.
  • noun. Costume; dress, especially of a gay or fanciful description.
  • noun. An equipage or turnout; a vehicle with a horse or horses, as for driving.
  • noun. Fishing-tackle collectively; an angler's cast. [Colloq.]
  • noun. Same as ridgel.
  • noun. The apparatus in a cultivator which carries the shovels; a cultivator gang.
  • noun. A romp; a wanton; a strumpet.
  • noun. A frolic: a trick.
  • To romp; play the wanton.
  • To make free with.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A ridge.
  • noun. The peculiar fitting in shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts, by which different types of vessels are distinguished; See Illustration in Appendix.
  • noun. Dress; esp., odd or fanciful clothing.
  • transitive verb. To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
  • transitive verb. To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out.
  • transitive verb. to adapt apparatus so as to get a purchase for moving a weight, as with a lever, tackle, capstan, etc.
  • transitive verb. to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, etc., to their respective masts and yards.
  • intransitive verb. To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
  • transitive verb. To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
  • transitive verb. to raise or lower market prices, as by some fraud or trick.
  • noun. A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.
  • noun. A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
  • noun. A blast of wind.
  • noun. to play a trick; to engage in a frolic; to do something strange and unbecoming.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
  • noun. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
  • noun. A large truck such as a semi-tractor.
  • noun. The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
  • Word Usage
    "But our other rig is a Freightliner M2 Sportchassis, so it's the Jeep or nothing."
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    Whig  big  brig  dig  fig  
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    anchor  boat  cable  deck  engine  
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    rigged  rigging  
    verb-form
    rigged  rigging  rigs