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Example sentences for "jigger"

Lexicographically close words:
jibs; jico; jiffy; jigg; jigged; jiggered; jiggers; jiggety; jigging; jiggled
  1. Then the alkali liquor is run out, clean water run into the jigger and the pieces washed, after which the dyes, etc.

  2. In the jig and wince dyeing machines the pieces necessarily are for a part of the time, longer in the case of the jigger than in that of the wince, out of the dye-liquor and exposed to the air.

  3. In the case of dyeing piece goods on a jigger or continuous dyeing machines even stronger liquors can be used with advantage.

  4. For one piece, wet out in hot water, run for half an hour upon a jigger in a bath of 6 lb.

  5. Mix the solutions and work in a jigger, then steam in a Mather & Platt apparatus for two minutes, then work hot in a jigger in a solution of 2 lb.

  6. Our rascals for'ard might scale the poop; or cross aloft from mizzenmast to jigger and descend upon our heads; but how they could invade us through the floor was beyond me.

  7. He elects to spend his hours in the main cabin, not reading, not doing anything save dream with eyes wide open in the draught of wind that pours through the open ports and door from out the huge crojack and the jigger staysails.

  8. I followed its direction, on between the chart-house and the port-jigger shrouds, and on across a mountain sea that was very vague in the moonlight.

  9. It was easy to hook the jigger in the nearest pan and draw my pan over to it; for that pan was five times the weight of the one I was on.

  10. I could hardly see the shore then, and it struck me that I might not be able to find it at all, when I came near enough to cast my jigger for it.

  11. So, at last, I gave the jigger a fling that landed it somewhere where it held fast; but whether ice or shore I couldn't tell.

  12. When I thought of that jigger I felt just like the man who is told to push the cork in when he can't draw it out.

  13. I kept right on casting that jigger until it landed in the right spot.

  14. I swung the jigger round and round and suddenly let the line shoot through my fingers.

  15. When I hauled it in the jigger came too, for it hadn't taken hold.

  16. By adding the dye in portions this difficulty is overcome and more level shades are obtained, but it is met with in all cases of jigger dyeing.

  17. Get up the anchors," he called; "reef down the jigger and put on a handful of jib.

  18. Halvard was so long in stowing away the jigger shears that Woolfolk turned to make sure that the sailor had not been swept from the deck.

  19. The sails were shaken loose, the mainsail slowly spread its dazzling expanse to the sun, the jib and jigger were trimmed, and the anchor came up with a short rush.

  20. As soon as each sail was hauled up and the bunt made, the jigger was bent on to the slack of the buntlines, and the bunt triced up, on deck.

  21. When making these moulds, the slotted wheel head or the jigger head is removed and soaped or oiled.

  22. For the ordinary three-piece mould the procedure would be thus: The clay, well wedged and quite plastic, is rolled out as described in Jigger and Jolley work, to a suitable thickness.

  23. Now the jigger or head is set spinning, the jolley pulled over it, and the profile gently pressed into the clay.

  24. Dishes, platters, and to some extent bowls, are usually made on a Jigger and Jolley.

  25. The profile giving the face of the plaque is securely adjusted in a horizontal position, the inner point, giving the centre of the platter, being exactly over the centre of the jigger head.

  26. The plaster block, which should be turned down before it sets hard, is shipped back into position, the jigger revolved and the profile gradually pressed down until the true section is obtained, i.

  27. The jigger has a revolving head, fitted to receive moulds.

  28. Where a jigger and jolley is not available, plates and bowls may be duplicated as follows: Place the plate bottom up on a well-soaped surface or a piece of glass.

  29. With the flies may be mentioned as one of the minor horrors of war in East Africa, one of the little plagues that are sent to mortify our already over-tortured flesh, the jigger flea.

  30. Burly Bill was an old forester, and carried with him an infallible remedy for mosquito and jigger bites, which acted like a charm.

  31. Use red pepper instead of black, splash in a jigger of kirsch but no white wine.

  32. I had him put a jigger on me; kept it up for four years.

  33. Well, a jigger is--" The noon whistle interrupts the explanation.

  34. You taught me the ingredients once--three dashes orange bitters; two dashes acid phosphate; half a jigger of whisky; half a jigger of Italian vermuth.

  35. Couldn't we get the jigger out and board the runaways by letting them catch us?

  36. To this end he proceeded cautiously to place the little jigger in a position from which he could quickly swing it onto the irons.

  37. But you are to know this is not a ship at all, but only a half-jigger rigged, which is altogether a different thing.

  38. Is it the full-jigger, or the half-jigger sort, that you mean?

  39. The proportions between the mainsail and jigger as recommended by the projector is 4 in the former to 1 in the latter--that is, the dimensions of the jigger should be exactly one-half those of the mainsail.

  40. For certain articles the jigger is preferred; for certain others the jolly; but the aim of both is the same, and the workers at the machines are all called jiggermen.

  41. After an article is taken from the jigger or jolly it is dried and carried to the turning-lathe to have its surface smoothed and finished.

  42. A jigger is unlike any other ice cream; it is dipped from the creamy tin by a cone-shaped scoop called a jigger, which gives it an unusual and peculiar flavour.

  43. With medical caution, Doc Macnooder refused to permit Smeed to go beyond the ten doubles, holding very wisely that the jigger record could wait for a further day.

  44. A double jigger fills a large soda-glass when ten cents has been laid on the counter, and two such glasses quench all desire in the normal appetite.

  45. Slide the jigger sail in place on the mizzenmast and top it with the blue pennant.

  46. The Jigger Sail= for the mizzenmast at the stern of the boat must be five inches high and five inches wide (Fig.

  47. He munched four of these, finding them of pleasing savor, and then consumed another double-chocolate jigger before ease descended upon him.

  48. Selim felt too impatient not to make the most of the favorable land breeze, only the light jigger sail that was set so well aft as to reach far over the taffrail, was unfurled easily and dropped into its place, swelling away noiselessly.

  49. Frequently when a bunt-jigger has parted men have fallen on deck.

  50. Also, a bit of canvas sewed into the centre of a sail near the head, with an eyelet-hole in the middle for the bunt-jigger or becket to go through.

  51. A small jigger purchase, used particularly in tops or the holds, for assisting in hoisting when weak-handed.

  52. Before her first song he showed her the window which looked across to that out of which Jigger gazed with trembling eagerness.

  53. It was not like Jigger to be absent when Stafford needed him.

  54. I thought it was the brandy," said Jigger with a grin.

  55. The Jigger episode had done much, had altered the latitudes of their association, but the perihelion of their natures was still far off; and she was apprehensive, watchful, and anxious.

  56. He had found Jigger sitting disconsolate beside a gun, which was yet grimy and piteous with the blood of men who had served it, and he asked the lad what his trouble was.

  57. In this episode of Jigger she had shown all that gentle charm, sympathy, and human feeling which he had once believed belonged so much to her.

  58. Jigger must be cared for, must be placed in a position where he could have his start in life.

  59. She was smiling, for Jigger was original, to say the least of it, and he had a strange, innocent, yet wise philosophy.

  60. Jigger would rather die than not get it straight, and his salute made that quite plain.

  61. Somehow Jigger was associated with all the movements of his life now, and was taken as part of the problem.

  62. From these details it would seem that she was dandy-rigged, that is to say, she had a mizzen or jigger in addition to her cutter rig, and on this jigger would be set a small lugsail as was the old custom.

  63. Now Chick Evans or Ouimet might play a jigger in a bunker and get away with it once in a while, but to recommend that very tricky iron to a dub like Henry Peacock was nothing short of a misdemeanour.

  64. If he pulled the mid-iron from his bag the jigger would be placed in nomination.

  65. That's what most people would tell you, but in this case, with a good lie and a lot of distance to make up, I'd take the jigger and pick it up clean.

  66. Skippy, who despite the new assurance of his public manner, was willing to learn at the feet of a master, Jigger in hand, moved into a position of eavesdropping.

  67. Al, the Jigger Shop has had a cinch, a monopoly, a trust.

  68. Even Doc Macnooder, aware by all outward signs that the imagination which had conceived of the Foot Regulator was again fermenting, had laid his arm about his shoulders and led him to the Jigger Shop.


  69. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jigger" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    affair; article; artifact; business; carriage; concern; crab; cup; draft; dram; draught; draughtsman; draughty; drench; drifter; drink; drop; fidget; fisherman; flea; flick; flip; flirt; flounce; gadget; gargle; gimmick; goblet; guzzle; hitch; insect; itch; jerk; jib; jigger; jolt; libation; louse; measure; mite; mug; nip; nit; object; parasite; peg; pluck; potation; potion; pull; quart; roach; round; sail; shot; sip; snake; snatch; snort; something; spar; spot; suck; sup; swig; swill; tackle; thing; tweak; twitch; vessel; wet; whaler; wrench