† lign.
Obsolete.
a. A projection.
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1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xiii. 125 When any part is thus born with ligges, like peeces of the flesh or skinne, depending, it is termed erasing.
b. A band, stripe.
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1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. vii. 252 I cannot..empale each Page of this Discourse with a Black mourning Lig.
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ligv.
/lɪɡ/, U.S. /lɪɡ/ To idle or lie about (colloquial); also (slang), to sponge, to ‘freeload’; to gatecrash or attend parties.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > be slothful or lazy [verb (intransitive)] > idle or loaf
luskc1330
lubber1530
to play the truant, -s1560
lazea1592
lazy1612
meecha1625
lounge1671
saunter1672
sloungea1682
slive1707
soss1711
lolpoop1722
muzz1758
shack1787
hulkc1793
creolize1802
maroon1808
shackle1809
sidle1828
slinge1834
sossle1837
loaf1838
mike1838
to sit around1844
hawm1847
wanton1847
sozzle1848
mooch1851
slosh1854
bum1857
flane1876
slummock1877
dead-beat1881
to lop about1881
scow1901
scowbank1901
stall1916
doss1937
plotz1941
lig1960
loon1969
society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > be guest [verb (intransitive)] > uninvited
to crash the gate1922
crash1929
gatecrash1931
lig1960
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)] > be a parasite or sponger
hang1535
lick1602
parasite1609
shirk1633
sponge1673
scunge1846
coat-tail1852
leech1937
freeload1940
lig1960
1960 20th Cent. Feb. 154 The ponce's air of having a function, an occupation..which totally distinguishes him from the mere ‘ligging’ layabout.
1967 Melody Maker 21 Jan. 6 When I was demobbed in 1960 I had no intention of going back to my trade as a fitter. I ligged around and joined Mike Peters.
1967 Sun 22 Feb. 6/6 Lig, loon, to kick one's heels or lounge about.
1969 It 4 July 10/2 It's a time for ligging in the streets and doing your thing, man.
1976 Zigzag Apr. 32/2 The Feelgoods, now ligging and gigging around America.
1981 New Standard 2 June 23/3 Ligging, partying.
1985 Radio Times 6 Apr. 16/2 [I] suddenly twigged what ligging was all about when I got my first job as a researcher on Aquarius. I found..I could get free tickets for everything, everywhere.
1985 Times 9 Apr. 8/5 A penniless young man who begins in Trafalgar Square with nothing but a pair of underpants and ligs his way onward and upward with clean-cut charm.
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