What's the difference between jigger and yawl?

Jigger


Definition:

  • (n.) A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.
  • (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.
  • (n. & v.) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel.
  • (n. & v.) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
  • (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.
  • (n. & v.) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
  • (n. & v.) A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b).
  • (n.) A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i).

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They re-jiggered their primary system to enhance party influence in choosing a candidate, and Trump, the great orange-haired Unintended Consequence, has played their innovations like a fiddle.
  • (2) 11.48am: I'm examining those groups in a bid to come up with a Group of Death, but I'm jiggered if I can find one.
  • (3) The swamps are host to malaria, bilharzia and jigger worms, which burrow into human skin and can cause secondary infections, including tetanus and gangrene.
  • (4) 12 min: The match ball, having been mindlessly kicked in the face Goleo VI style, is jiggered, rather like domestic victim Pille the Erudite Ball.
  • (5) The following semester, in a college production of Carousel, having shed over 100lb, he played the villain Jigger.
  • (6) Argentina in their lovely blue-and-white shirts, and tradition-jiggering white shorts which are NOT OK. Look at the picture of Batistuta in this preamable, and think on, Adidas, Fifa, the AFA, or whoever's at fault for this sartorial disgrace.
  • (7) City jigger about with the ball on the edge of the City area, before Ferdinand cuts out a pass through to Aguero.
  • (8) Inside these structures, children mostly sit on bare earth, and emerge bathed in dust and infested with jiggers (a pest that burrows into the skin, generally under the toenails and fingernails).
  • (9) 7.02pm BST Dramatis personæ Barcelona leave the half-jiggered Leo Messi on the bench, while Alex Song makes a rare appearance.
  • (10) And no wonder, Fulham were coming back strongly into the match but that's jiggered their momentum.
  • (11) A case of infestation with Tunga penetrans (jigger flea) is described.
  • (12) Porto's defence could be properly jiggered come the start of the season: an increasingly hectic Liverpool may be making off with Christian Atsu , too.
  • (13) Two corners follow, from the second of which and after much jiggering around, City fashion what would have been a chance had three of them not all been offside.

Yawl


Definition:

  • (n.) A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
  • (v. i.) To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.

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