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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



... fizz?" asked Mr. Pike. "All the ingredients within reach, simply waiting to be introduced to each other, and you have been holding them apart. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Bring out some ice. Produce your jigger. Get busy. Hand me the tools ...
— The Slim Princess • George Ade
... after a few minutes got up and put on a thin jacket. On deck it was very hot and he felt the warmth of the iron plates through his slippers. In West Africa one puts on slippers as soon as one gets out of bed, for fear of the jigger insect that bores into one's foot. A gentle land breeze blew across the lagoon and the air was hot and damp like steam. Lister smelt ...
— Lister's Great Adventure • Harold Bindloss
... in this business of tale-telling, and consider that my sole affair is to hunt the argument dispassionately. Your romancer must be neither a lover of his heroine nor (as the fashion now sets) of his chief rascal. He must affect a genial height, that of a jigger of strings; and his attitude should be that of the Pulpiteer:—Heaven help you, gentlemen, but I know what is best for you! ...
— The Forest Lovers • Maurice Hewlett
... JIGGER OR SAND FLEA.—Also called chique, chigo, and nigua. It is common in Cuba, Porto Rico, and Brazil. About one-half the size of the ordinary flea, it is of a brownish-red color with a white spot on the back. The female lives in the sand and ...
— The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) • Various
... exactly like the others of the set, and this is what the greater number of people want. In some potteries there is hardly a throwing wheel in use, and articles are formed in plaster of Paris moulds. There are two ways of using these moulds. By one method, the mould is put upon a "jigger," a power machine which keeps it revolving, and clay is pressed against its walls from within. Above the mould is a piece of iron cut in the shape of the inside curve of the bowl or whatever is being made. This skims off ...
— Makers of Many Things • Eva March Tappan


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