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Encyclopedia Britannica



JIG

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 415 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: JEE-JUN
JIG , a brisk lively dance, the
quick
  and irregular steps of which have varied at different times and in the various countries in which it has been danced (see DANCE). The music of the " jig," or such as is written in its
rhythm
 , is in various times and has been used frequently to finish a suite, e.g. by Bach and
Handel
 . The word has usually been derived from or connected with Fr. gigue, Ital. giga, Ger. Geige, a
fiddle
 . The French and Italian words are now chiefly used of the dance or dance
rhythm
 , and in this sense have been taken by etymologists as adapted from the English " jig," which may have been originally an onomatopoeic word. The idea of jumping, jerking
movement
  has given rise to many applications of " jig " and its derivative " jigger " to mechanical and other devices, such as the
machine
  used for separating the heavier metal-bearing portions from the lighter parts in ore-dressing, or a tackle consisting of a
double
  and single
block
  and fall, &c. The word " jigger," a corruption of the West Indian chigoe, is also used as the name of a species of flea, the Sarcopsylla penetrans, which burrows and
lays
  its eggs in the human foot, generally under the toe nails, and causes
great
  swelling and irritation (see FLEA).


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