Charleston vs jig

Charleston

noun
  • A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina. 

name
  • A town in Vermont; after a naval battle near the city in South Carolina; the town's early settlers were naval officers. 

  • A city, the county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri; after either nearby Charles Prairie or the city in South Carolina. 

  • A town in Maine; after Charles Vaughan, an early settler. 

  • An area of Dundee, Scotland. 

  • A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County. 

  • A town in New York; after Charles Van Epps, an early settler. 

  • A city, the county seat of Coles County, Illinois; after Charles Morton, its first postmaster. 

  • A city in Tennessee. 

  • A town in Utah; after Charles Shelton, an early settler. 

  • The capital city of West Virginia, United States and the county seat of Kanawha County; perhaps after Charles Clendenin, the father of an early settler. 

  • A city, the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina; after Charles II of England. 

  • A coastal village south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand. 

  • A town in South Australia. 

  • A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Franklin County. 

  • A community in Nova Scotia, Canada. 

  • A village in Angus council area, Scotland; after Charles Henderson, proprietor of the village's land before its formation. 

  • A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City; after Charles Kreischer, son of Balthasar Kreischer, after whom the town was previously named (as Kreischerville). 

jig

noun
  • A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team. 

  • A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body. 

  • A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue. 

  • An apparatus or machine for jigging ore. 

  • A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig. 

  • A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others. 

verb
  • To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks. 

  • To move briskly, especially as a dance. 

  • To sing to the tune of a jig. 

  • To fish with a jig. 

  • To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude. 

  • To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine. 

  • To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve. 

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