[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jig \jig\, n. of. gigue a stringed instrument, a kind of dance,
   f. gigue dance, tune, gig; of german origin; cf. mhg.
   gimacge fiddle, g. geige. cf. gig a fiddle, gig a
   whirligig.
   1913 webster
   1. mus. a light, brisk musical movement.
      1913 webster

            hot and hasty, like a scotch jig.     --shak.
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   3. a light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce
      in verse; a ballad. obs.
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            a jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme
            praised and applauded.                --beau.  fl.
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   4. a piece of sport; a trick; a prank. obs.
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            is't not a fine jig,
            a precious cunning, in the late protector? --beau. 
                                                  fl.
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   5. a trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook
      attached.
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   6. mach.
      a a small machine or handy tool; esp.: metal working 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 template to work to, as
          in filing.
      b mining an apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
          1913 webster

   drill jig, a jig for guiding a drill. see jig, 6
      a .

   jig drilling, jig filing metal working, a process of
      drilling or filing in which the action of the tool is
      directed or limited by a jig.

   jig saw, a sawing machine with a narrow, vertically
      reciprocating saw, used to cut curved and irregular lines,
      or ornamental patterns in openwork, a scroll saw; --
      called also gig saw.
      1913 webster
see also:
gig drill jig jig jig drilling jig filing jig saw 
gig saw 

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