| 单词 | to gig back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto gig back 2. transitive. To move backwards and forwards. Chiefly U.S.; also technical in to gig back (the carriage of a sawmill after the cut is made). Cf. jig v. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (transitive)] work1617 reciprocate1653 pump1803 gig1815 dodge1820 pumphandle1851 trombone1879 yo-yo1973 1815 Niles' Weekly Reg. 16 Sept. 36/1 The carriages run upon cast racks, are propelled by the improved short hand and gigged backwards by bevel wheels, in the manner of the best mills. 1874 W. M. Baines Narr. E. Crewe viii. 180 This carriage [to the frame-saw] could be ‘gigged’ backwards or forwards or fed forwards. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 965/2 The motion is imparted by the crank and pitman, and the spring above gigs back the saw, keeping it strained on its upward stroke. 1877 Lumberman's Gaz. 8 Dec. 362 These gangs [i.e. of saws]..convert whole logs into lumber as they pass through—thus obviating the necessity of ‘gigging back’. 1886 Hotchkiss in Encycl. Brit. XXI. 345/1 A rope..passing over pulleys in the floor to a drum beneath, so arranged as to be under the control of the sawyer in its feeding movement or in reversal to ‘gig’ the carriage back to its first position. 1887 Microscope VII. 333 Gently gig the glass back and forth. < as lemmas |
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