Definitions for the word "jigger" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n. & v.
One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n. & v.
A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n. & v.
A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n. & v.
A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n. & v.
A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n. & v.
A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 billiards colloq. Cue-rest. 2 a measure of spirits etc. B small glass holding this. [partly from *jig]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
10. slang
a door; “dub the JIGGER,” shut the door. _Ancient cant_,
GYGER. In billiards, the bridge or rest is often termed the JIGGER.
Also, the curtain of a theatre. JIGGER has many meanings, the word being
applied to any small mechanical contrivance. Printers use the word for a
little machine which guides the eye when copy is minute.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
11. slang
a secret still for the manufacture of illicit spirits.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
12. slang
“I’m JIGGERED if you will,” a common form of mild swearing.
_See_ SNIGGER.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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