Verb. (old).—To hamstring.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. To gigg a Smithfield hank, to
hamstring an overdrove ox.
By Gigs! intj. (old).—A mild and silly oath. See Oaths.
1551. W. Still, Gammer Gurton’s Needle, ii., 51. Chad a foule turne
now of late, chill tell it you, by gigs!
Gigamaree, subs. (American).—A thing of little worth; a pretty but
useless toy; a gimcrack (q.v.).
1848. Jones, Sketches of Travel, p. 9. Byin’ fineries and northern
gigamarees of one kind or another.
Ibid. I ax’d the captain what sort of a gigamaree he had got up
there for a flag.
Gigantomachize, verb. (old).—To rise in revolt against one’s betters.
Gr., Gigantomachia = the War of the Giants against the Gods. [Probably
a coinage of Ben Jonson’s.]
1599. Jonson, Every Man Out, Act v., 4. Slight, fed with it the
whoreson, strummel-patched, goggle-eyed grumble-dores would have
gigantomachized their Maker.
Gigger, subs. (tailors’).—1. A sewing machine. (In allusion to noise
and movement).