Lexic.us

Definition of Rigger

1. Noun. Someone who rigs ships.

2. Noun. A long slender pointed sable brush used by artists.

3. Noun. Someone who works on an oil rig.

4. Noun. A sailing vessel with a specified rig. "A square rigger"

Definition of Rigger

1. n. One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship.

2. n. A long slender, and pointed sable brush for making fine lines, etc.; -- said to be so called from its use by marine painters for drawing the lines of the rigging.

Definition of Rigger

1. Noun. One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship. ¹

2. Noun. A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum. ¹

3. Noun. A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rigger

1. one that rigs [n -S] - See also: rigs

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rigger

riga fir rigadoon rigadoons rigamarole rigamaroles rigation rigatoni rigatonis rigaudon rigaudons

rigel rigg riggalds rigged rigger (current term) rigger brush riggers rigging riggings riggish

riggle riggs right right(a) right-about right-abouts right-angle right-angled right-angled triangle

Literary usage of Rigger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1844)
"427, the latter being fixed upon : axle of the driving rigger G. 427 The Stricks of flax intended to be operated upon are severally confined between pairs ..."

2. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1817)
"Expanding rigger. (To Dr. Thomson.) SIR, Through the medium of your Annals, I beg leave to inquire whether a smooth wheel of variable radius, ..."

3. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1817)
"Expanding rigger. (To Dr. Thomson.) SIR, Through the medium of your Annals, I beg leave to inquire whether a smooth wheel of variable radius, ..."

4. British Farmer's Magazine (1855)
"Their method of culture is ploughing by rectilinear action, both the motive and traction power being applied on the rigger principle first patented by the ..."

5. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1856)
"A " Steam carriage with a rigger working on a stretched chain or rope, secured at both ... Several propositions have been enumerated of rigger traction for ..."

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