rigg, rigge

[RIDGE, 8.] A ridge, a back. *rigge-boon, s. A backbone. (Chaucer. ) rigged, pa. par. or a. [RIG, v.] *rigged, adj. [English rigg, s.; -ed.] Ridged, humped. "The rigg'd camel." -Hall: Satires, IV. ii. 96. rig-ger, s. [Eng. rig, v.; -er.] 1. One who rigs or dre es; spec if., one whose occupation is to rig ve els. "Both ve els had to go into the hands of the riggers to be set right again."- London Daily Telegraph. 2. Mach .: A band-wheel having a slightly curved rim. Fast and loose pulleys are so called in English works on machinery. rig'-ging (1), 8. [RIG (1), s.] 1. The back or top of anything. 2. The ridge of a house; a roof. ( Scott : Anti quary , ch. xxxiii.)