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Rigging   /rˈɪgɪŋ/   Listen
Rigging

noun
1.
Gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails.  Synonym: tackle.
2.
Formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel.  Synonym: rig.



Rig

verb
(past & past part. rigged; pres. part. rigging)
1.
Arrange the outcome of by means of deceit.  Synonym: set up.
2.
Manipulate in a fraudulent manner.  Synonym: manipulate.
3.
Connect or secure to.
4.
Equip with sails or masts.  Synonyms: set, set up.



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"Rigging" Quotes from Famous Books



... most people believe should be ended. They include tax avoidance through corporate and other methods, which I have previously mentioned; excessive capitalization, investment write-ups and security manipulations; price rigging and collusive bidding in defiance of the spirit of the antitrust laws by methods which baffle prosecution under the present statutes. They include high-pressure salesmanship which creates cycles of overproduction within given industries and consequent recessions in ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... store, and 'tis a duty to wait in a moderated spirit of patient expectation for them. 'Tis worthy of remark, the following day (for we cleared this dreaded land about 2 in the morning, being April the 22nd, 1789), on examining the state of the rigging, &c., some articles were so fearfully chafed that a backstay or two actually went ...
— The Naval Pioneers of Australia • Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery

... his decisions were models of deep research and lucid statement. One of his earliest decisions of this character was in relation to maritime liens. The steamboat America had been abandoned and sunk, and only a part of her tackle and rigging saved. These were attached for debt for materials, and the question arose on the legality of the claim against articles no longer a part of the vessel. Judge Willson held that the maritime lien of men for wages, and material men for supplies, is a proprietary ...
— Cleveland Past and Present - Its Representative Men, etc. • Maurice Joblin

... asserted Bertram, promptly; "and we have done everything to get ready for you, too, even to rigging up Spunkie to masquerade as Spunk. I'll warrant that Pete's nose is already flattened against the window-pane, lest we should HAPPEN to come to-night; and there's no telling how many cakes of chocolate Dong Ling has spoiled by this ...
— Miss Billy • Eleanor H. Porter

... wait for him, but put his steed into a dead run on the moment. The road was only a cart-path, and it was so soft that the horse's hoofs made no noise to betray his movements to the enemy. He urged the willing beast to his utmost speed, for he was as much at home in the saddle as he was in the rigging of a ship. Before the Vampire had made another eighth of a mile, he had reached the place where the boat had been left for his use. What to do with his horse was a question, for the report of the big gun would set him crazy. But he ...
— Within The Enemy's Lines - SERIES: The Blue and the Gray--Afloat • Oliver Optic


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