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noun
One who rigs or dresses; as:
One whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship or of a counterweight system.
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noun
One who rigs or dresses; as:
One whose occupation is to lift and move large and heavy objects (such as industrial machinery) with the help of cables, hoists, and other equipment.
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noun
One who rigs or dresses; as:
One whose occupation is to outfit a computer model with controls for animation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: animation
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noun
A worker on an oil rig.
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noun
One who rigs or manipulates (an election, etc).
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noun
A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.
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noun
A ship with a certain type of rigging.
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Usage: in-compounds
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noun
A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
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noun
A plastic bottle of beer, typically between 1 L to 2.5 L volume.
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Usage: New-Zealand
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noun
A long, slender, pointed sable paintbrush for making fine lines, etc.; said to be so called from its use for drawing the lines of the rigging of ships.
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noun
A person who applies functional or artistic rope bondage to another person's body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
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noun
Ellipsis of outrigger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rigger brush
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Broader terms: sable, sable brush, sable's hair pencil
noun
a sailing vessel with a specified rig
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sailing vessel, sailing ship
noun
someone who rigs ships
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Broader terms: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer
noun
someone who works on an oil rig
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: oil rigger
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Broader terms: oilman
History
Etymology tree English rig Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English rigger From rig + -er.
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