GIG  , apparently an onomatopoeic word for -any See also:

• LIGHT

light whirling See also:

• OBJECT

object, and so used of a See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top, as in See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, v. i . 7o (" Goe See also:

• WHIP

whip thy gigge "), or of a revolving lure made of feathers for snaring birds . The word is now chiefly used of a light two-wheeled See also:

• CART (A.S. crcet, Gaelic cairt; connected with " car ")

cart or See also:

• CARRIAGE

carriage for one See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, and of a narrow, light, See also:

• SHIP

ship's See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat for oars or sails, and also of a See also:

• CLINKER

clinker-built See also:

• ROWING (O. Eng. rowan, to row, cf. Lat. remus, Gr. perµbr, oar)

rowing-boat used for rowing on the See also:

• THAMES

Thames . " Gig " is further applied, in See also:

• MINING

mining, to a wooden chamber or See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box divided in the centre and used to draw miners up and down a See also:

• PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit or See also:

• SHAFT
• SHAFT (O. Eng., sceaft, from scafan, to shave; the word is common to Teutonic languages)

shaft, and to a textile See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine, the " gig-See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill " or " gigging machine," which raises the See also:

• NAP

nap on See also:

• CLOTH

cloth by means of teazels . A " gig " or " See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish-gig " (properly " fiz-gig," possibly an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of Span. fisga, See also:

• HARPOON (from Fr. harpon, a grappling-iron, O. Fr. harpy, a dog's claw, an iron clamp for fastening stones together; the source of these words is the Lat. harpago, harpa, &c., formed from Gr. apaayit, hook, apsrh c , to snatch, tear away, cf. " harpy ")

harpoon) is an See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument used for spearing fish .