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jigger(1) (iou) and untrammelled (oh)


jigger(1) (iou)



jigger noun1. M16.
[Chiefly from (the same root as) JIG verb + -ER1; the relationship of some senses is obscure.]
I.
a. A door. slang. M16.
b. A passage between or at the back of houses; a back entry or alley. local. E20.
a. An illicit distillery. slang. E19.
b. A drink of spirits, a dram. Also, a measure used in mixing cocktails etc.; a small glass holding this quantity. N. Amer. slang. M19.
II.
A person who dances a jig. L17.
In full jigger coat. A woman's short loosely fitting jacket. M20.
Forestry. A short plank, set into a tree-trunk, on which a feller stands to work. NZ. M20.
III.
Nautical.
a. A small tackle consisting of a double and a single block with a rope. E18.
b. A small sail at the stern; a fishing vessel with such a sail. M19.
a. A contrivance for catching fish which is operated by jerking up and down. M18.
b. Mining. A kind of sieve for dressing ore by shaking with water; a person who uses this. L18.
c. = JOLLEY. E19.
d. Billiards & Snooker. A rest for a cue. Chiefly Scot. M19.
e. Golf. A short iron with a narrow face, used for approach shots. L19.
f. A device for dyeing by passing pieces of fabric back and forth through a dye-bath over a set of rollers. L19.
Any small mechanical device; a gadget. colloq. (orig. US). L19.
A light vehicle; a hand-car; a bicycle. colloq. L19.
Comb.: jigger coat: see sense 4 above; jigger-mast Nautical (a) a small mast at the stern, on which a jigger is hoisted; (b) the aftermost mast of a four-masted sailing vessel; jigger-tackle Nautical = sense 6a above.
jiggerer noun a person who uses or works with a jigger L19.

untrammelled (oh)



not limited by anyone or anything
untrammelled by
::an organization untrammelled by legal restraints