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gig mill

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gig mill

–noun
gig 1 (def. 4).

Origin:
1545–55

gig

1[gig] noun, verb, gigged, gig⋅ging.
–noun
1. a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage.
2. Nautical.
a. a light boat rowed with four, six, or eight long oars.
b. a boat reserved for the use of the captain of a ship.
3. something that whirls.
4. Also called gig mill. a roller containing teasels, used for raising nap on a fabric.
5. Obsolete. whirligig (def. 5).
–verb (used without object)
6. to ride in a gig.
7. to raise the nap on (a fabric).

Origin:
1200–50; ME gigge, gig flighty girl; akin to Dan gig top; cf. Norw giga to shake about
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