Gig (gg), v. t. [Prob. fr. L. gignere to beget.] To engender. [Obs.]
Dryden.
Gig, n. A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
Gig, v. t. To fish with a gig.
Gig, n. [OE. gigge. Cf. Giglot.] A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
Gig, n. [Cf. Icel. ggja fiddle, MHG. gge, G. geige, Icel. geiga to take
a wrong direction, rove at random, and E. jig.] 1. A top or whirligig;
any little thing that is whirled round in play.
Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig.
Shak.
2. A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a
kind of chaise.
3. (Naut.) A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed
to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer;
as, the captain's gig.
4. (Mach.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for
teaseling woolen cloth.
Gig machine, Gigging machine, Gig mill, or Napping machine. See Gig, 4.
-- Gig saw. See Jig saw.
Gi`gan*te"an (?), a. [L. giganteus, fr. gigas, antis. See Giant.] Like
a giant; mighty; gigantic. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Gi`gan*tesque" (?), a. [F.] Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.
The sort of mock-heroic gigantesque With which we bantered little
Lilia first.
Tennyson.
Gi*gan"tic (?), a. [L. gigas, -antis, giant. See Giant.] 1. Of
extraordinary size; like a giant.
2. Such as a giant might use, make, or cause; immense; tremendous;
extraordinarly; as, gigantic deeds; gigantic wickedness. Milton.
When descends on the Atlantic The gigantic Strom wind of the
equinox.
Longfellow.
Gi*gan"tic*al, a. Bulky, big. [Obs.] Burton. -- Gi*gan"tic*al*ly, adv.
Gi*gan"ti*cide (?), n. [. gigas, -antis, giant + caedere to kill.] The
act of killing, or one who kills, a giant. Hallam.
Gi*gan"tine (?), a. Gigantic. [Obs.] Bullokar.
Gi`gan*tol"og*y (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, giant + -logy: cf. F.
gigantologie.] An account or description of giants.
Gi`gan*tom"a*chy (?), n. [L. gigantomachia, fr. Gr. &?;; &?;, &?;,
giant + &?; battle: cf. F. gigantomachie.] A war of giants; especially,
the fabulous war of the giants against heaven.
Gige (gj or gj), Guige, n. [OF. guide, guiche.] (Anc. Armor) The
leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the
shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder. Meyrick (Ancient Armor).
||Gi*ge"ri*um (?), n.; pl. Gigeria (#). [NL., fr. L. gigeria, pl., the
||cooked entrails of poultry.] (Anat.) The muscular stomach, or
||gizzard, of birds.
Gig"get (?), n. Same as Gigot.
Cut the slaves to giggets.
Beau. & Fl.
Gig"gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Giggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Giggling
(?).] [Akin to gaggle: cf. OD. ghichelen, G. kichern.] To laugh with
short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or
silly manner; to titter with childish levity.
Giggling and laughing with all their might At the piteous hap of
the fairy wight.
J. R. Drake.
Gig"gle (?), n. A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or
breath; a light, silly laugh.
Gig"gler (?), n. One who giggles or titters.
Gig"gly (?), a. Prone to giggling. Carlyle.
Gig"got (?), n. See Gigot. [Obs.] Chapman.
Gig"gyng (?), n. [See Gige.] The act of fastending the gige or leather
strap to the shield. [Obs.] "Gigging of shields." Chaucer.
{ Gig"lot (?), Gig"let (?), } n. [Cf. Icel. gikkr a pert, rude person,
Dan. giek a fool, silly man, AS. gagol, gÊgl, lascivious, wanton, MHG.
gogel wanton, giege fool, and E. gig a wanton person.] A wanton; a
lascivious or light, giddy girl. [Obs.]
The giglet is willful, and is running upon her fate.
Sir W. Scott.
Gig"lot (?), a. Giddi; light; inconstant; wanton. [Obs.] "O giglot
fortune!" Shak.
Gig"ot, Gig"got (&?;), n. [F., fr. OF. gigue fiddle; -- on account of
the resemblance in shape. See Jig, n.]