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/fish"gig'/, n.a spearlike implement with barbed prongs for spearing fish in the water. Also called fizgig.[1635-45; alter. (by assoc. with FISH) of FIZGIG, prob. by folk etym. < Sp fisga harpoon]
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Fishgig — Fish gig , n. A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish. Knight. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fishgig — 1) a pole with barbed prongs for striking fish. Loaded at the end with lead 2) an arrangement of hooks dragged through the water to foul hook fish … Dictionary of ichthyology
fishgig — noun A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish … Wiktionary
fishgig — fish·gig … English syllables
fishgig — noun an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish • Syn: ↑spear, ↑gig, ↑fizgig, ↑lance • Derivationally related forms: ↑spear (for: ↑spear) … Useful english dictionary
fizgig — fiz gig (f[i^]z g[i^]g), n. A fishgig. [Obs.] Sandys. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gig — Gig, n. A kind of spear or harpoon. See {Fishgig}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gig — I. noun Etymology: Middle English gyge (in whyrlegyge whirligig), of unknown origin Date: 1570 1. something that whirls or is whirled: as a. obsolete top, whirligig b. a 3 digit selection in a numbers game 2. a person of odd or grotesque… … New Collegiate Dictionary
ОСТРОГА — (Harpoon, fish spear, fishgig) 1. Рыболовное орудие, обычно в виде трезубца, иногда с 6 и более рогами, с ершами , зазубринами. 2. Острый мыс (арх.). 3. Оконечность открытого мыса под лугом или полем, выходящая в озеро. Самойлов К. И. Морской… … Морской словарь
dhīgʷ- — To stick, fix. 1. a. dike1, ditch, from Old English dīc, trench, moat; b. dig, from Middle English diggen, to dig, from a source perhaps akin to Old French digue, trench. Both a and b from Germanic *dīk . 2 … Universalium
