rigging tree

The ridge-piece or ridge-plate of a roof. rigging (2), 8. [RIG, v.] Naut.: The system of tackle or ropes which support the masts, extend and contract the sails. ., of a ship. Standing rigging includes the tackle employed to support the masts, ., the shrouds and stays. Running rigging includes the ropes used in shortening sail, raising or lowering the yards, ., such as the halyards, braces, sheets. clew lines, . "To know her by her rigging and her trim." Dryden: Prologue to Conquest of Granada. *rig'-gish, a . [Eng. rig (2), s.; -ish .] Wanton, lewd, unchaste. rig-gle, v. i. [WRIGGLE.] To move one way and the other; to wriggle. rig-gle, s. [RIGGLE, v.] (See extract.) "From the Tyne northward along the Scotch coast, sand-eels are known as 'horn-eels,' from the protrusion of the under jaw, and along the Su ex coast as 'riggles or wriggles,' from their action of burrowing into the sand."- Field : Dec. 26, 1885.