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noun
Chigre, Chigoe  n.  (Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger)  (Zool.) A species of flea (Tunga penetrans, formerly Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain mites or ticks having similar habits.


Jigger  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A species of flea (Tunga penetrans, or Sarcopsylla penetrans, or Pulex penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin; called also jigger flea. See Chigoe.
2.
(Zool.) Any one of several species of small red mites (esp. Tetranychus irritans and Tetranychus Americanus) of the family Trombiculidae, which, in the larval or leptus stage, burrow beneath the skin of man and various animals, causing great annoyance. Also called chigger. (Southern U. S.)


Jigger  n.  
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 template 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.
(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).
5.
A small glass or measuring vessel holding 1½ ounces (45 ml), used mostly for measuring liquor or drinking whiskey; also, the quantity of liquid held in a jigger.
6.
A thingamajig. (Colloq.)
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.


verb
Jigger  v. t.  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."





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"Jigger" Quotes from Famous Books



... all sorts of chances of escape, 'the mast would be at the bow. And if it is a cutter, you would still have to put the mast farther forward, and give her a boom and a bowsprit. Or if it is a yawl, then you would have a little jigger-mast astern—about there——' ...
— The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols • William Black
... and annoying insect, the chigoe, or "jigger," is able to bore a hole through the sole of a shoe and attack ...
— A Little Journey to Puerto Rico - For Intermediate and Upper Grades • Marian M. George
... were all French Canadians: a merry, careless, but persevering set of fellows, just cut out for the work they had to do, and, moreover, accustomed to it. The boat was a clumsy affair, with two spritsails and a jigger or mizzen; but, notwithstanding, she looked well at a distance, and though incapable of progressing very fast through the water, she could stand a pretty heavy sea. We were badly off, how ever, with regard to camp gear, having neither tent nor oilcloth to protect ...
— Hudson Bay • R.M. Ballantyne
... her way behind the tug they hoisted her sails, a long cable called "the messenger" enabling the steam-winch forward to do all the work. Mayo was assigned to the jigger-mast, and went aloft to shake out the topsail. It was a dizzy height, and the task tried his spirit, for the sail was heavy, and he found it difficult to keep his balance while he was tugging at the folds of the canvas. He was obliged to work alone—there was only one man to ...
— Blow The Man Down - A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 • Holman Day
... day before there had been a general tumble, six in a row, on the back-wheel; one of them, losing her balance, had dragged the others with her and the lot had fallen flat in a tangle of steel and flesh. Bucking Horse, Old Jigger, Street Donkey—the nicknames they gave their bikes—had kicked them to the raw. They showed one another the bruises on their limbs: "Oh, don't it hurt, just!" "What about mine?" "Look here!" like young recruits bragging of their wounds after ...
— The Bill-Toppers • Andre Castaigne


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