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rigg

/ɹɪɡ/

rigg noun: a strong, stormy wind (now chiefly in the phrase "Michaelmas riggs").

Noun

rigg (plural riggs)

  1. A strong, stormy wind (now chiefly in the phrase "Michaelmas riggs").
    • ... vpon springe tydes, or after great riggs of the sea, at which tyme the sea will cast the same in more aboundance together into great heapes.1892 [1603?], George Owen, The Description of Penbrokshire, page 74
    • to take no better company with you than Michaelmas Riggs? If you do not make haste, I profess I cannot tell what to say to your journey. You may find more danger in a ship to Ireland, than over the Thames in a skuller.1857 [1739?], William Laud, The Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, William Laud, D. D. ..., page 302

Proper noun capitalized: Rigg

Rigg (countable and uncountable, plural Riggs)

  1. A surname.
  2. A small settlement in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY2966).

Examples of rigg in a sentence

  • ... returne before the Michaelmas Rigg, as they call it, those seas beinge very daingerous about Michaelmas, neuer faile of stormes.1845, John Bramston, The Autobiography of Sir John Bramston of Skreens, , in the Hundred of Chelmsford: Now First Printed from the Original...
  • This will keep us till the middle of September, and as Michealmass "riggs" (or winds) have an ill name, we think it best to defer our journey to October, which generally gives us[…]1861, Mrs. Delany (Mary), The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany: With Interesting Reminiscences of King...
  • Michael the Arch Angells Feast, the aforesaid Blow, or last Blow, there about till when those hurtfull winds restrained, Michaelmas riggs so called.1995 December 21, Lady Eleanor Davies, Prophetic Writings of Lady Eleanor Davies, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 152:

Forms of rigg

Noun
pluralriggs
Proper noun
pluralRiggs

Origin of rigg

From Middle English ryg, ryge (“storm”), from or related to Old Norse hregg (“storm and rain”).

Questions about rigg

What does rigg mean?
Rigg means a strong, stormy wind (now chiefly in the phrase "Michaelmas riggs").
How do you use rigg in a sentence?
... returne before the Michaelmas Rigg, as they call it, those seas beinge very daingerous about Michaelmas, neuer faile of stormes.
What part of speech is rigg?
Rigg can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rigg?
Rigg is pronounced /ɹɪɡ/.
What is the plural of rigg?
The plural of rigg is riggs.

Words near rigg in the dictionary

  1. Rigellian
  2. Rigellians
  3. Rigels
  4. rigescence
  5. rigescent
  6. rigg
  7. riggald
  8. riggalds
  9. Riggan
  10. Riggans
  11. rigged

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