"Gig" is a word in ENGLISH
To fish with a gig.
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.
A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse;
a kind of chaise.
A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for
teaseling woolen cloth.
A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
A fiddle.
To engender.
A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in
play.
One of the hardest-to-swallow, most countercultural, counter intuitive implications of the gospel is that bearing up under a difficult burden with patient perseverance is a good thing.
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Read the complete definitionSame as Malacopoda.
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Read the complete definitionThe act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.
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Read the complete definitionOne who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets.
Read the complete definitionLiquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
Read the complete definitionThe state of being made up of branchiate segments.
Read the complete definitionTo bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons.
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Read the complete definitionHabitually silent; taciturn; reticent.
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