Rigger

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rigger \Rig"ger\, n.
     1. One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit
        the rigging of a ship.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery. [R.]


        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Painting) A long slender, and pointed sable brush for
        making fine lines, etc.; -- said to be so called from its
        use by marine painters for drawing the lines of the
        rigging.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rigger
       n 1: someone who rigs ships
       2: a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists [syn: {rigger
          brush}]
       3: someone who works on an oil rig [syn: {oil rigger}]
       4: a sailing vessel with a specified rig; "a square rigger"