trice, &c.

JIG. The weight furnished with hooks, used in _jigging_ (which see).

JIGGAMAREE. A mongrel makeshift man[oe]uvre. Any absurd attempt to
substitute a bad contrivance for what the custom of the sea may be.

JIGGER. A light tackle used to hold on the cable when it is heaved into
the ship. (_See_ HOLDING-ON.) Also, a small sail rigged out on a mast
and boom from the stern of a cutter, boat, &c.--_Fleet-jigger._ A term
used by the man who holds on the jigger, when by its distance from the
windlass it becomes necessary to _fleet_, or replace it in a proper
state for action. When the man gives the above notice, another at the
windlass immediately fixes his handspike between the deck and the cable,
so as to jam the latter to the windlass, and prevent it from running out
till the jigger is replaced on the cable near the windlass.

JIGGER, CHIGRE. A very teazing sand-flea, which penetrates and breeds
under the skin of the feet, but particularly at the toes. It must be
removed, or it occasions dreadful sores. The operation is effected by a
needle; but the sac which contains the brood must not be broken, or the
whole foot would be infected, if any remained in it.

JIGGERED-UP. Done up; tired out.

JIGGER-MAST. In large vessels it is an additional aftermost mast; thus
any sail set on the ensign-staff would be a jigger.

JIGGER-TACKLE. A small tackle consisting of a double and a single block,
and used by seamen on sundry occasions about the decks or aloft.

JIGGING. A mode of catching fish by dropping a weighted line with
several hooks set back to back amongst them, and jerking it suddenly
upwards; the weight is frequently cast in the form of a small fish.
Also, short pulls at a tackle fall.

JILALO. A large passage-boat of Manilla, fitted with out-riggers.

JILL. A fourth part of a pint measure; a seaman's daily allowance of
rum, which formerly was half a pint.

JIMMAL, OR JIMBLE. _See_ GIMBALS.

JINGAL. A kind of long heavy musket supported about the centre of its
length on a pivot, carrying a ball of from a quarter to half a pound,
and generally fired by a matchlock; much used in China and the Indies.
It is charged by a separate chamber, dropped into the breech and keyed.

JINNY-SPINNER. One of the names for the cockroach.

JIRK, TO. To cut or score the flesh of the wild hog on the inner
surface, as practised by the Maroons. It is then smoked and otherwise
prepared in a manner that gives the meat a fin