rig 
To Rime, lasciuire puellam. 
Levins, Manip. Vocab., p. 119. 
II. trans. To make free with. 
Some prowleth for fewel, and some away rig 
Fat goose and the capon, duck, hen, and the pig. 
Tusser, September's Husbandry, St. 39. 
rig 3 (rig), n. [< riy s , .] It. A romp ; a wan- 
ton: a strumpet. 
Wantouis is a drab ! 
For the nonce she is an old rig. 
Mariage of Witt and Wisdome (1679). (Halliwell.) 
Nay, fy on thee, thou rampe, thou ryg, with al th 
Di GlaJJ flatumdT' nnvtAll's \'fifi<]]( 
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under the roof and over the stage of a theater; 
the place from which the scenery is lowered or 
raised by means of ropes. 
Looking upward from the floor of the stage, he would 
call them [the beams) the gridiron ; standing on them, ho 
would speak of them as the rigging-loft. 
Scribner's May., IV. 438. 
rigging-screws (rig'ing-skroz), . pi. A ma- 
chine formed of a clamp worked by a screw, 
used to force together two parts of a stiff rope, 
in order that a seizing may be put on. 
[Also riggin-tree; 
lattake rigging-tree (rig'ing-tre), n. [Also rujyin-tni' ; 
thy p'arti Bp. Still, Gammer Gurfon's Needle, iii. 3. < rigging 1 + tree.'] A roof-tree. [Scotch and 
2 A frolic : a trick. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] prov. Eng.] 
riggish (rig'ish), a. [< n, 
the characteristics of a r 
lewd. 
For vilest things 
Become themselves in her; that the holy priests 
The one expressed his opinion that it was a rig, and the 
other his conviction that it was a " go." Dtekens. 
-f- -tsli*-.\ Having 
rig or romp; wanton; 
To run a rig, to play a trick or caper. 
Away went Gilpin, neck or nought, 
Away went hat and wig ; 
He little dreamt, when he set out, 
Of running such a rig. Cowper, John Gilpin. 
To run the rig (or one's rig) upon, to practise a sportive 
trick on. 
I am afraid your goddess of bed-making has been run- 
ning her rig upon you. Smollett. 
rig 4 (rig), 11. Same as ridgel. 
Riga balsam. The essential oil or turpentine 
distilled from the cones and young shoots of 
Pinus Cembra. Also called Carpathian oil, Car- 
pathian balsam, German oil. 
Bless her when she is riggish. 
Shak., A. and C., ii. 2. 245. 
The wanton gesticulations of a virgin in a wild assem- 
bly of gallants warmed with wine, could be no other than 
ri'ifiish, and unmaidenly. 
Bp. Hall, John Baptist Beheaded. 
riggite (rig'it), . [< rig*, a frolic, a prank, + 
-;fci.] One who plays rigs ; a joker; a jester. 
This and my being esteem'd a pretty good riggite that 
is, a jocular verbal satirist supported my consequence 
in the society. Franklin, Autobiog., p. 149. 
German oil. rigglet, v . i. An obsolete spelling of wriggle. 
rigadoon (rig-a-don'), . [= D. rwoaon, < *. r iggle(rig'l),. [< riggle, wriggle, v.~\ A species 
rigaudon, rigodon = Sp. rigodon = it. ngoclone, of san< j. ee l, the Ammodytes laneea, or small- 
a dance ; origin unknown.] 1 . A lively dance mout hed lance. 
for one couple, characterized by a peculiar fj,ig g ' s disease. Pvorrhcea alveolaris, or alve- 
jumping step. It probably originated in Pro- ol a t, seesa . 
vence. It was very popular in England in the 
seventeenth century. 
Dance she would, not in such court-like measures as 
she had learned abroad, but some high-paced jig, or hop- 
skip rigadoon, befitting the brisk lasses at a rustic merry- 
making. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, xiii. 
2. Music for such a dance, the rhythm being 
usually duple (occasionally sextuple) and quick. 
3. Formerly, in the French army, a beat of 
drum while men condemned to be shelled were. 
previous to their punishment, paraded up and 
down the ranks. 
Riga fir. Same as Riga pine. 
rigal, n. Same as regatf, 1. 
Riga pine. A variety of the Scotch pine or fir, 
Piiius sylvestris, which comes from Riga, a sea- ,,,.... 
port of Russia See Scotch pine, under pine 1 . th hout . as a rigU lini . 
rigation (n-ga'shon), n. [< L. rigatio(n-), a ' 
watering, wetting,"< rigare(> It. rigor e), water, 
wet. Cf. irrigation.} The act of watering ; ir- 
rigation. 
In dry years, every field that has not some spring, or 
aqueduct, to furnish it with repeated rigations, is sure to 
fail in its crop. 
H. Swinburne, Travels through Spain, xvi. (Latham.) 
rigescent (ri-jes'ent), a. [< L. riyescen(t-)s, , ^. ..-,, ~... , .. 
ppr. of rigescere,"grovf stiff or numb, < rigere, 2 In con f ortn i ty w jth the moral law; permit- 
stiffen: see rigid.] In lot., approaching a rigid ted b tne principle which ought to regulate 
, oti ^cHof^oo Coolce. conduct ; in accordance with truth, justice, 
duty, or the will of God; ethically good; equi- 
table; just. 
Goodness in actions is like unto straightness ; where- 
fore that which is done well we term right. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, i. 8. 
right (rit), a. and . [Also dial, richt, reet; < 
ME. right, ryght, ryth, ryt, rict, rigt, rigt, riht, 
ryht, < AS. riht = OS. relit = OFries. rivcht = 
MD. recht, regt, D. regt = MLG. LG. recht = 
OHG. MHG. reht, G. recht, straight, right, just, 
= Icel. rettr-(for *rehtr) = Sw. ratt = Dan. ret 
= Goth, raihts, straight, right, just, = L. rectm 
(for *regts) (> It. retto, ritto = Sp. Pg. recto), 
right, direct, = Zend rashta, straight, right, 
just; orig. pp. of a verb represented by AS. 
reccan, stretch, etc., also direct, etc. (see rack 1 ), 
and L. regere, pp. rectus, direct, rule, Skt. / rij, 
stretch, raj, rule : see regent, and cf . rail 1 , rule 1 , 
a straight piece of wood, etc., from the same 
L. source.] I. a. 1. Straight; direct; being 
the shortest course ; keeping one direction 
: line. 
For crokid & creplis he makith rigt. 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 46. 
Than with al his real route he rides on gate, 
Redili to-wardes Rome tho rigtes gates. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 5322. 
To Britaigne tooke they the righte way. 
Chaucer, Franklin's Tale, 1. 512. 
Circles and right lines limit and close all bodies. 
Sir T. Brovme, Urn-burial, v. 
or stiff consistence. 
riggedt (rigd), a. [< rig 1 + -ed* ; var.of ridged.] 
Ridged; humped. 
The young elephant, or two-tailed steer, 
Or the rigg'd camel, or the fiddling frere. 
Bp. Hall, Satires, IV. ii. 96. 
rigger (rig'er), n. [<riff2 + -!.] 1. One who 
rigs; specifically, one whose occupation is the 
fitting of the rigging of ships. 2. In mach.: 
(a) A band-wheel having a slightly curved 
rim. (6) A fast-and-loose pulley. E. H. Knight. 
3. Along-pointed sable brush used for paint- 
ing, etc. Art Jour., 1887, p. 341 Riggers' screw, 
a screw-clamp for setting up shrouds and stays. 
rigging 1 (rig'ing), n. [< riffl + -ing 1 .] A ridge, 
as of a house ; also, a roof. [Scotch and prov. 
Eng.] 
They broke the house in at the rigging. 
Lads of Wamphray (Child's Ballads, VI. 170). 
By some auld houlet-haunted biggin', 
Or kirk deserted by its riggin', 
It 's ten to ane ye'll find him snug in 
Some eldritch part. 
Burns, Captain Grose's Peregrinations. 
rigging a (rig'ing), H 
The ropes, chains, 
to support and work all masts, 
in a ship; tackle. Rigging is of two kinds: standing 
rigging, or rigging set up permanently, as shrouds, stays, 
backstays, etc. ; and running rigging, which comprises all 
the ropes hauled upon to brace yards, make and take in 
sail, etc., such as braces, sheets, clue-lines, buntlines, and 
halyards. See cut under //>. Lower rigging. SeetowS. 
Rigging-cutter. Heecutteri. 
rigging-loft (rig'ing-loft), H. 1. A large room 
where rigging is fitted and prepared for use on 
shipboard. 2. Theat., the space immediately 
When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, 
and hath kept all my statutes, ... he shall surely live. 
Ezek. xviii. 19. 
Cousin of Hereford, as thy cause is right, 
So be thy fortune in this royal flght ! 
Shak., Eich. II., i. 3. 56. 
He 
Who now is Sovran can dispose and bid 
What shall be right. Milton, P. L., i. 247. 
The adjective right has a much wider signification than 
the substantive Right. Everything is right which is con- 
formable to the Supreme Rule of human action ; but that 
only is a Right which, being conformable to the Supreme 
Rule, is realized in Society, and vested in a particular per- 
son. Hence the two words may often be properly opposed. 
We may say that a poor man has no Right to relief, but 
it is right he should have it. A rich man has a Right to 
destroy the harvest of his fields, but to do so would not be 
right. Whewell, Elements of Morality, 84. 
n. '[Verbal n. of ri</2, .] 3. Acting in accordance with the highest moral 
is. etc., which are employed standard; upright in conduct ; righteous; free 
rk all masts, yards, sails, etc., from guilt or blame. 
A God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is 
he. Deut. xxxii. 4. 
I made him just and right, 
Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall. 
Milton, P. L., iii. 98. 
If I am right, Thy grace impart, 
Still in the right to stay; 
If I am wrong, oh teach my heart 
To flnd that better way ! 
Pope, The Universal Prayer. 
right 
4. Rightful; due; proper; fitting; suitable. 
Aren none rather yrauysshed fro the rijte byleue 
Than ar this cunnynge clerkes that comic many bokes. 
Piers Plomnan (B), x. 456. 
Put your bonnet to his right use ; 'tis for the head. 
S/ra*., Hamlet, v. 2. 95. 
The right word is always a power, and communicates its 
deflniteness to our action. 
George Eliot, Middlemarch, xxxi. 
Hence 5. Most convenient, desirable, or fa- 
vorable; conforming to one's wish or desire; 
to be preferred ; fortunate ; lucky. 
If he should offer to choose, and choose the right casket, 
you should refuse to perform your father's will, if you 
should refuse to accept him. Shak., M. of V., i. 2. 100. 
The lady has been disappointed on the right side. 
Addison, Guardian, No. 113. 
6. True; actual; real; genuine. [Obsolete or 
archaic.] 
Mv rwhte doghter, tresoure of myn herte. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 2629. 
The Poet is indeed the right Popular Philosopher, 
whereof Esops tales glue good proofe. 
Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie. 
O this false soul of Egypt ! this grave charm, . . . 
Like a right gipsy, hatli, at fast and loose, 
Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. 
Shak., A. and C., iv. 12. 28. 
In truth, sir, if they be not right Granado silk . . . 
You give me not a penny, sir. 
B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 2. 
She filled the one [glass] brimful for her guest, ... re- 
peating, as the rich cordial trickled forth in a smooth oily 
stream "Right rosa soils as ever washed mulligrubs out 
of a moody brain ! " Scott, Fortunes of Higel, xxi. 
7f. Precise ; exact ; very. Compare right, adv., 5. 
With that ich seyh an other 
Rappliche renne the righte wey we wente. 
Piers Plowman (C), xix. 291. 
8. In conformity with truth or fact or reason; 
correct ; not erroneous. 
If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference 
is certainly right, "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow 
we die." *** 
Some praise at morning what they blame at night; 
But always think the last opinion right. 
Pope, Essay on Criticism, 1. 431. 
9. Recognizing or stating truth; correct in 
judgment or opinion. 
You are right, justice, and you weigh this well. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., v. 2. 102. 
A fool must now and then be right by chance. 
Cowper, Conversation, 1. 96. 
The world will not believe a man repents ; 
And this wise world of ours is mainly right. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
10. Properly done, made, placed, disposed, or 
adjusted; orderly; well-regulated; well-per- 
formed; correct: as, the sum is not right; the 
drawing is not right. 
But most by numbers judge a poet's song : 
And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong. 
Pope, Essay on Criticism, 1. 888. 
11. In good health or spirits; well in body or 
mind ; in good condition ; comfortable. 
Nae treasures nor pleasures 
Could mak' us happy lang ; 
The heart aye 's the part aye 
That makes us right or wrang. 
Burns, First Epistle to Davie. 
"Oh," said Mr. Winkle the elder, . . . "Ihopeyouare 
well, sir." "Right as a trivet, sir," replied Bob Sawyer. 
Dickens, Pickwick, 1. 
12. Most finished, ornamental, or elaborate; 
most important; chief; front: as, the right 
side of a piece of cloth. 
What the street medal-sellers call the right side . . . 
presents the Crystal Palace, raised from the surface of the 
medal, and whitened by the application of aqua fortis. 
Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, I. 388. 
13. Belonging to or located upon that side 
which, with reference to the human body, is 
on the east when the face is toward the north ; 
dexter or dextral: as, the right arm ; the right 
cheek : opposed to left. 
Hee raught forthe his right hand & his rigge frotus, 
And coies hym as he kan with his clene handes. 
AKmunder of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1176. 
He set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof 
Jachin, and he set up the left pillar, and called the name 
thereof Boaz. 1 Ki. vii. 21. 
If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget 
her cunning. Pa- cxxxvii. 6. 
14. Formed by or with reference to a line 
drawn to another line or surface by the short- 
est course : as, a righ t angle ; a right cone ; right 
ascension. -All right. See aU, adv. At right an- 
gles so as to form a right angle or right angles ; perpen- 
dicular. Directed right line. See direct. - Order of 
multiplicity of a right line. See nndHplmtii. Right 
angle, an angle equal to a quarter of a complete rotation, 
or subtending at the center of a circle one fourth of the 
circumference; an angle formed by a line let fall upon 
