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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 415 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JIG , a brisk lively See also:

dance, the See also:quick and irregular steps of which have varied at different times and in the various countries in which it has been danced (see DANCE). The See also:music of the " jig," or such as is written in its See also:rhythm, is in various times and has been used frequently to finish a See also:suite, e.g. by See also:Bach and See also:Handel. The word has usually been derived from or connected with Fr. gigue, Ital. giga, Ger. See also:Geige, a See also:fiddle. The See also:French and See also:Italian words are now chiefly used of the dance or dance rhythm, and in this sense have been taken by etymologists as adapted from the See also:English " jig," which may have been originally an onomatopoeic word. The See also:idea of See also:jumping, jerking See also:movement has given rise to many applications of " jig " and its derivative " jigger " to See also:mechanical and other devices, such as the See also:machine used for separating the heavier See also:metal-bearing portions from the lighter parts in ore-dressing, or a tackle consisting of a See also:double and single See also:block and fall, &c. The word " jigger," a corruption of the See also:West See also:Indian chigoe, is also used as the name of a See also:species of See also:flea, the Sarcopsylla penetrans, which burrows and See also:lays its eggs in the human See also:foot, generally under the toe nails, and causes See also:great swelling and irritation (see FLEA).

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