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▪ I. ligger, n.1 dial.|ˈlɪgə(r)|
[f. lig, northern var. lie v.1 + -er1. Cf. ledger n., which is a doublet of this word, and occurs in several of its senses.]
1. A coverlet.
a1483Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. (1790) 85 Hangers, liggers, and all that is the Kinge's stuffe. 1847Halliwell, Ligger, a coverlet for a bed. Linc.
2. a. † A scaffolding-timber; = ledger n. 2 (obs.). Also, see quot. 1895.
1500–18Acc. Louth Steeple in Archæologia X. 83 For middle scaffolds two pieces going through, 16d, eight smaller liggers 4d. 1895E. Anglian Gloss., Ligger, a pole nailed horizontally from stud to stud to support the splints before receiving a coat of clay or loam.
b. (See quots.) dial.
1828W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) I. 289 Ligger.., a branch cut or laid down horizontally in a hedge. 1869R. B. Peacock Gloss. Lonsdale 51 Ligger.., a branch of thorn or other tree cut half through and laid along the top of a plashed hedge. 1898B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 92 Liggers, long branches which a diker cuts partly through and ligs down to form a dike.
c. = ledger n. 2 b.
1953J. Arnold Countryman's Workshop 160 Liggers, hazel strips which hold down thatch. 1965J. G. Jenkins Trad. Country Craftsmen ii. 36 The method of making liggers is somewhat similar to that of spar making but the ends are bevelled for neat joining rather than pointed. 1966Punch 10 Aug. facing p. 216 (Advt.), The ridge..is thickly capped with sedge grass..and is gaily embellished with diamond and herring-bone patterns of ‘liggers’. 1971Country Life 18 Nov. 1403/3 The finish [of a thatch] that is visible consists of cleft hazel rods called liggers about four feet long neatly secured by spars, which gives a tidy and attractive appearance.
†3. The nether millstone. (Cf. ledger n. 4.)
1781Pegge in Archæologia (1785) VII. 20 The stones which composed these primitive.. mills..were two; an upper stone or runner, and a nether, called in Derbyshire a ligger.
4. (See quots.)
1840Spurdens Suppl. to Forby, Ligger, an extemporaneous bridge over a ‘mash-deek’ [marsh-dike] usually formed of an aldern pole lain over it. 1865W. White E. Eng. I. 162 Ligger or, in native pronunciation, Ligga, is the plank across a ditch or drain. 1887W. Rye Norfolk Broads 67 We crossed a ‘ligger’, or plank bridge, over a little beck.
5. Angling. A line with a float and bait which is left in the water, used chiefly in pike-fishing in the Norfolk Broads. (Cf. ledger n. 5.)
a1825in Forby Voc. E. Anglia. 1883G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads 130 You will see numerous bundles of reeds, each the size of a rolling-pin... These are the Broadman's ‘liggers’, or trimmers, which he sets for pike all over the Broad. The line is rolled round the ligger with a foot or two free, and the double hook is baited with a roach.
Comb.1895P. H. Emerson Birds, etc. Norfolk Broadlands 317 Liggermen detest them [grebes]; for they will clear their liggers of fish.
6. Worsted-manuf. One who puts the material on to a carding machine. Also ligger on (Eng. Dial. Dict.).
1881Census Instructions (1885) 107 Bobbin Ligger. 1899Daily News 12 Jan. 2/1.
▪ II. ligger, n.2 slang.|ˈlɪgə(r)|
[f. lig v. + -er1.]
One who gatecrashes parties, a ‘free-loader’.
1977New Wave Mag. No. 7. 3 Us: Who actually writes the numbers—you and Billy? (Scuffles from liggers...) TJ: Ignore them—they're just journalists! 1982Soundmaker 4 Dec The usual droves of music biz liggers. 1985Observer 14 Apr. 16/9, I went to a party on Wednesday that was a liggers' dream. 1985Legal Times 29 July 7/4 British reporters compiled lists for ‘liggers’..showing how one could eat and drink all day and most of the night at various breakfasts.
▪ III. ligger, v.|ˈlɪgə(r)|
[f. ligger n. Cf. ledger v.]
intr. To fish with a ‘ligger’. Hence ˈliggering vbl. n.
1834New Monthly Mag. XLII. 23 Our supreme sport, liggering for pike. 1883G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads 130 The liggering on Rockland, therefore, does not interfere with the pike-fishing in the river. |