|
|
|
All Words Glossary
noun
- A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
- (context, fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
- A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
- Cutting circles out of pinewood is best done with a compass-style jig.
verb ( jig, g, ed)
- To move briskly, especially as a dance.
- (context, fishing) To fish with a jig.
noun
- A diary or daily record of a person.
- A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
- The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.
- (computing) A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.
noun
- (nautical) an improvised rigging
verb ( jury-rigg, ing)
- (context, nautical, transitive) To make an improvised rigging or assembly from whatever is available.
- (transitive) To create a makeshift, ad hoc solution from resources at hand.
|
Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
|
|
| |
|
| Allwords Copyright 1998-2013 All rights reserved. |
More To Explore
|
|
