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, v. i. To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play
tricks. "Rigging and rifling all ways." Chapman.
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]
Rig`a*doon" (?), n. [F. rigadon, rigaudon.] A gay, lively dance for one
couple, -- said to have been borrowed from Provence in France. W.
Irving.
Whose dancing dogs in rigadoons excel.
Wolcott.
Ri"ga fir` (?), [So called from Riga, a city in Russia.] (Bot.) A
species of pine (Pinus sylvestris), and its wood, which affords a
valuable timber; -- called also Scotch pine, and red or yellow deal. It
grows in all parts of Europe, in the Caucasus, and in Siberia.
Ri*ga"rion (?), n. [L. rigatio, fr. rigare to water.] See Irrigation.
[Obs.]
Ri"gel (?), n. [Ar. rijl, properly, foot.] (Astron.) A fixed star of
the first magnitude in the left foot of the constellation Orion.
[Written also Regel.]
Ri*ges"cent (?), a. [L. rigescens, p. pr. fr. rigescere to grow stiff.]
Growing stiff or numb.
Rig"ger (?), n. 1. One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to
fit the rigging of a ship.