Definition of Rigger

1. Noun. Someone who rigs ships.

Generic synonyms: Artificer, Artisan, Craftsman, Journeyman
Derivative terms: Rig

2. Noun. A long slender pointed sable brush used by artists.
Exact synonyms: Rigger Brush
Generic synonyms: Sable, Sable Brush, Sable's Hair Pencil

3. Noun. Someone who works on an oil rig.
Exact synonyms: Oil Rigger
Generic synonyms: Oilman

4. Noun. A sailing vessel with a specified rig. "A square rigger"
Generic synonyms: Sailing Ship, Sailing Vessel

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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