jigger

jigger has 11 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• n.. A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.
• 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.
• n. & v.. A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel.
• n. & v.. A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
• 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.
• n. & v.. A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
• n. & v.. A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b).
• n.. A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i).
• n.. larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
• n.. any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl
• n.. a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey