Index of English words, starting with "ji"

(1) - Jig (v. i.) To dance a jig; to skip about.
(2) - Jig (n.) To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
(3) - Jig (v. t.) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. See Jigging, n.
(4) - Jig (v. t.) To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
(5) - Jig (v. t.) To sing to the tune of a jig.
(6) - Jig (n.) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
(7) - Jig (n.) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing.
(8) - Jig (n.) A small machine or handy tool
(9) - Jig (n.) A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.
(10) - Jig (n.) A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.
(11) - Jig (n.) A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
(12) - Jig (n.) A light, brisk musical movement.

(1) - Jigger (n.) A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i).
(2) - Jigger (n. & v.) A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b).
(3) - Jigger (n. & v.) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
(4) - Jigger (n. & v.) 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.
(5) - Jigger (n. & v.) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
(6) - Jigger (n. & v.) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel.
(7) - Jigger (n. & v.) 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.
(8) - Jigger (n.) A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.

(1) - Jiggle (v. i.) To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to shake up and down.