'Drill jig' definitions:
Definition of 'Drill jig'
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- Jig \Jig\, n. [OF. gigue a stringed instrument, a kind of dance, F. gigue dance, tune, gig; of German origin; cf. MHG. g[imac]ge fiddle, G. geige. Cf. Gig a fiddle, Gig a whirligig.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Mus.) A light, brisk musical movement. [1913 Webster]
- Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jig. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme Praised and applauded. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A piece of sport; a trick; a prank. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Is't not a fine jig, A precious cunning, in the late Protector? --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Mach.) (a) A small machine or handy tool; esp.: (Metal Working) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or template to work to, as in filing. (b) (Mining) An apparatus or a machine for jigging ore. [1913 Webster]
- Drill jig, a jig for guiding a drill. See Jig, 6 (a) .
- Jig drilling, Jig filing (Metal Working), a process of drilling or filing in which the action of the tool is directed or limited by a jig.
- Jig saw, a sawing machine with a narrow, vertically reciprocating saw, used to cut curved and irregular lines, or ornamental patterns in openwork, a scroll saw; -- called also gig saw. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Drill jig'
From: GCIDE
- Drill \Drill\, n.
- 1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mil.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is {Urosalpinx cinerea}. [1913 Webster]
- Bow drill, Breast drill. See under Bow, Breast.
- Cotter drill, or Traverse drill, a machine tool for drilling slots.
- Diamond drill. See under Diamond.
- Drill jig. See under Jig.
- Drill pin, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem of the key.
- Drill sergeant (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and to train them to military exercises and evolutions.
- Vertical drill, a drill press. [1913 Webster]