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noun

Rigger n.

One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship.

A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery. (R.)

(Painting) A long slender, and pointed sable brush for making fine lines, etc.; said to be so called from its use by marine painters for drawing the lines of the rigging.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rigger" Quotes from Famous Books

... engraving, and learnt fisticuffs from Sergeant Broughton. In the same neighbourhood he will find the admirable vignette of the old man who could read the inscription on Chinese crockery pots, but could not tell what's o'clock, and the life narratives of the jockey and of the inexpert thimble-rigger, Murtagh, who was imprisoned three years for interrupting the Pope's game at picquet, but finally won his way by card-sharping to the very threshold of the Cardinalate. In the second half of the Romany Rye, too, he will find the noble apostrophes ...

— Isopel Berners - The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 • George Borrow

... by the inhabitants. They have a sort of awning to protect the passenger from the rays of the sun; and being light are easily rowed about, although they are exceedingly uncomfortable to sit in, from the lowness of the seats, and liable to overset if the weight is not placed near the bottom. The out-rigger has in all probability been dispensed with, owing to the impediment it offered to the navigation of their canals; these canals offer great facilities for the transportation of burdens; the banks ...

— Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers • Various

Words linked to "Rigger" : journeyman, artisan, craftsman, sailing vessel, rigger brush, oil rigger, square-rigger, rig, sailing ship, sable, oilman