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rig

[rig]

verb, rigged, rig⋅ging, noun

–verb (used with object)

Chiefly Nautical.

a.	to put in proper order for working or use.

b.	to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc.

c.	to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.

2.	to furnish or provide with equipment, clothing, etc.; fit (usually fol. by out or up).

3.	to assemble, install, or prepare (often fol. by up).

4.	to manipulate fraudulently: to rig prices.

–noun

5.	the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.

6.	apparatus for some purpose; equipment; outfit; gear: a hi-fi rig; Bring your rod and reel and all the rest of your fishing rig.

7.	Also called drill rig. the equipment used in drilling an oil well.

8.	any combination trucking unit in which vehicles are hooked together, as a tractor-trailer.

9.	any kind of truck.

10.	a carriage, buckboard, sulky, or wagon together with the horse or horses that draw it.

11.	Informal. costume or dress, esp. when odd or conspicuous, or when designated for a particular purpose: He looks quite nifty in a butler's rig.

—Verb phrases

12.	rig down, Nautical. to place in an inactive state, stowing all lines, tackles, and other removable parts.

13.	rig up, to equip or set up for use.

Origin:
1480–90; 1930–35 for def. 4; prob. < Scand; cf. Norw, Sw rigg (n.), rigga (v.)

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rig (rĭg)

tr.v. rigged, rig·ging, rigs

To provide with a harness or equipment; fit out.
Nautical
1. To equip (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
2. To fit (sails or shrouds, for example) to masts and yards.
Informal To dress, clothe, or adorn: The costumer rigged out the actors in peasant clothing.
To make or construct in haste or in a makeshift manner: rig up a tent for the night.
To manipulate dishonestly for personal gain: rig a prizefight; rig stock prices.

Nautical The arrangement of masts, spars, and sails on a sailing vessel.
Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
1. A truck or tractor.
2. A tractor-trailer.
3. A vehicle with one or more horses harnessed to it.
The special apparatus used for drilling oil wells.
Western U.S. See saddle.
Informal A costume or an outfit: wore an outlandish rig to the office.
Fishing tackle.

[Middle English riggen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian rigga, to bind.]

sad·dle (sād'l)

1. A leather seat for a rider, secured on an animal's back by a girth. Also called regionally rig.
2. Similar tack used for attaching a pack to an animal.
3. The padded part of a driving harness fitting over a horse's back.
4. The seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
5. Something shaped like a saddle.
6. A cut of meat consisting of part of the backbone and both loins.
7. The lower part of a male fowl's back.
8. A saddle-shaped depression in the ridge of a hill.
9. A ridge between two peaks.
1. A cut of meat consisting of part of the backbone and both loins.
2. The lower part of a male fowl's back.
3. A saddle-shaped depression in the ridge of a hill.
4. A ridge between two peaks.
1. A saddle-shaped depression in the ridge of a hill.
2. A ridge between two peaks.

v. sad·dled, sad·dling, sad·dles

v. tr.

To put a saddle onto.
To load or burden; encumber: They were saddled with heavy expenses.

v. intr.

To saddle a horse.
To get into a saddle.

[Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

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Rig

Rig\, n. [See Ridge.] A ridge. [Prov. or Scott.]

Rig

Rig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Rigging.] [Norweg. rigga to bind, particularly, to wrap round, rig; cf. AS. wr[=i]han to cover.]

1. To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.

2. To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out.

Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace. --L'Estrange.

To rig a purchase, to adapt apparatus so as to get a purchase for moving a weight, as with a lever, tackle, capstan, etc.

To rig a ship (Naut.), to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, etc., to their respective masts and yards.

Rig

Rig\, n. 1. (Naut.) The peculiar fitting in shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts, by which different types of vessels are distinguished; as, schooner rig, ship rig, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.

2. Dress; esp., odd or fanciful clothing. [Colloq.]

Rig

Rig\, n. [Cf. Wriggle.]

1. A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct. [Obs.] --Fuller.

2. A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.

3. A blast of wind. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.

That uncertain season before the rigs of Michaelmas were yet well composed. --Burke.

To run a rig, to play a trick; to engage in a frolic; to do something strange and unbecoming.

He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a rig. --Cowper.

Rig

Rig\, v. i. To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks. "Rigging and rifling all ways." --Chapman.

Rig

Rig\, v. t. To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer. [Obs. or Prov.] --Tusser.

To rig the market (Stock Exchange), to raise or lower market prices, as by some fraud or trick. [Cant]

Language Translation for : rig

Spanish: aparejar,

German: auftakeln,

Japanese: 出航の装備をする

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rig (v.)

c.1489, originally nautical, "to fit with sails," probably from a Scand. source (cf. Dan., Norw. rigge "to equip," Swed. rigga "to rig"), though these may be from Eng. Slang meaning "to pre-arrange or tamper with results" is attested from 1938. The noun meaning "distinctive arrangement of sails, masts, etc. on a ship" is first recorded 1822; extended to horse vehicles (1831), which led to sense of "truck, bus, etc." (1851).

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