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跳汰機,小玩意

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Jigger \Jig"ger\, n. [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.

   3. (Naut.)
      (a) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single
          block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to
          increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it
          home; the watch tackle. --Totten.
      (b) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl. [New Eng.]
      (c) A supplementary sail. See {Dandy}, n., 2
      (b) .

   4. A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining
      leather; same as {Jack}, 4
      (i) .

   {Jigger mast}. (Naut.)
      (a) The after mast of a four-masted vessel.
      (b) The small mast set at the stern of a yawl-rigged boat.

Jigger \Jig"ger\, n. [A corrupt. of chigre.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A species of flea ({Sarcopsylla, or Pulex, penetrans}), which
   burrows beneath the skin. See {Chigoe}.

Jigger \Jig"ger\ (j[i^]g"g[~e]r), n. (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of several species of small red mites (esp.
   {Tetranychus irritans} and {T. Americanus}) which, in the
   larval or leptus stage, burrow beneath the skin of man and
   various animals, causing great annoyance. [Southern U. S.]

Jigger \Jig"ger\, v. t. [Cf. {Jiggle}.]
   To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive
   or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.

         He could jigger the ball o'er a steeple tall as most
         men would jigger a cop.                  --Harper's
                                                  Mag.

資料來源 : WordNet®

jigger
     n 1: a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
          [syn: {shot glass}, {pony}]
     2: any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the
        mizzenmast of a yawl [syn: {jiggermast}]
     3: larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including
        human beings causing intense irritation [syn: {harvest
        mite}, {chigger}, {redbug}]
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