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Definition of Gigged
1. gig [v] - See also: gig
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gigged
Literary usage of Gigged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Textiles by Louis Harmuth (1915)
"Chinchilla, the twilled filling face is gigged until a full and heavy nap ...
Kersey, after thorough burling the goods are fulled, gigged and the nap laid. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"134. gig1 (gig), r. ! prêt, and pp. gigged, ppr. gigging. ... I hope iny goblet
has gigged another golden goblet ; ят! then they may carry double upon all ..."
3. Lumber, Its Manufacture and Distribution by Ralph Clement Bryant (1922)
"The saw was forced out to the saw line by means of these rolls, and when the
carriage was gigged back the pressure on the rolls was released and the saw ..."
4. Textiles for Commercial, Industrial, Evening and Domestic Arts Schools: Also by William Henry Dooley (1910)
"Previous to fulling, however, the face of the cloth is gigged to produce a good
... After steaming, the cloth is thoroughly matted and gigged again, ..."
5. Under Fire: A Tale of New England Village Life by Frank Andrew Munsey (1897)
"Well, the cloth is gigged there on the big machines the first thing after it
leaves the fulling ... After it is gigged the first time then it is cropped. ..."
6. Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive by United States Congress. Senate (1856)
"These nuts, one at a time, are let down into their corresponding threads in the
screw A ; and as the carriage is gigged back, the wheel I) on the end of the ..."
7. The Evolution of Modern Band Saw Mills for Sawing Logs by De Witt Clinton Prescott (1910)
"... the method then prevailing of preventing a log from rubbing or dragging against
the saw when the carriage was run back or being gigged for the next cut. ..."
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