jigger

• ⇰ A species of flea (<spn>Tunga penetrans</spn>, <it>or</it> <spn>Sarcopsylla penetrans</spn>, <it>or</it> <spn>Pulex penetrans</spn>), which burrows beneath the skin; called also jigger flea>. See Chigoe>.
• ⇰ Any one of several species of small red mites (esp. <spn>Tetranychus irritans</spn> and <spn>Tetranychus Americanus</spn>) of the family <fam>Trombiculidae</fam>, which, in the larval or leptus stage, burrow beneath the skin of man and various animals, ca
• ⇰ 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.
• ⇰ A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel.
• ⇰ 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.
• ⇰ A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack>, 4 <sd>(i)</sd>.
• ⇰ A small glass or measuring vessel holding 1<frac>1/2</frac> ounces (45 ml), used mostly for measuring liquor or drinking whiskey; also, the quantity of liquid held in a jigger.
• ⇰ A thingamajig>.

• ⇰ To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball.