Crossword-Solution: RIGGING
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Rigging | p. pr. & vb. n. | of Rig |
| Rigging | n. | DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails. |
We have 18 clues for the answer “RIGGING”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Windjammer's gear | 1 answer |
| Ship's support system | 1 answer |
| Ship's sails, etc. | 1 answer |
| Ship's ropes and cables | 1 answer |
| Ropes for ship's sails | 1 answer |
| MOVABLE articles for use or ornament in house or room | 5 answers |
| jackstay | 5 answers |
| Support system | 7 answers |
| Wires | 11 answers |
| Stores | 16 answers |
| furniture | 22 answers |
| Chains | 23 answers |
| accouterments | 27 answers |
| Supports | 32 answers |
| Appointments | 33 answers |
| ABUTMENT | 42 answers |
| Tackle | 51 answers |
| Equipment | 60 answers |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with RIGGING (5)
The towers of the island churches loomed faint and far away in the dimness; the sailors in the rigging of the ships that lay in the Basin wrought like phantoms among the shrouds; the gondolas stole in and out of the opaque distance more noiselessly and dreamily than ever; and a silence, almost palpable, lay upon the mutest city in the world.
Being clear of the point, the breeze became stiff, and the royal-masts bent under our sails, but we would not take them in until we saw three boys spring into the rigging of the _California_; then they were all furled at once, but with orders to our boys to stay aloft at the top-gallant mast-heads and loose them again at the word.
Well, all day him and the king was hard at it, rigging up a stage and a curtain and a row of candles for footlights; and that night the house was jam full of men in no time.
Morgan Deere was heavily favored to win after the three term incumbent was named a co- conspirator in the rigging of a Defense contract.
The storm let go about this time with all its might; and it was dreadful the way the thunder boomed and tore, and the lightning glared out, and the wind sung and screamed in the rigging, and the rain come down.
Quotes with RIGGING (3)
The beauty of the flute was in its simplicity, in its resemblance to the human voice. It always sounded clear. It sounded alone. The piano, on the other hand, was a network of parts — a ship, with its strings like rigging, its case a hull, its lifted lid a sail. Kestrel always thought that the piano didn't sound like a single instrument but a twinned one, with its low and high halves merging together or pulling apart.
Duncan yawned and scratched at a spot on his temple. “According to my reckoning, you shall be punished thusly. Hanged twice, for major theft and unlawfully slaying a beast in the Comte’s forest. Lashed… let me see… four hundred and twenty-seven times for adultery, fornication and minor theft. Lastly, imprisoned for tax evasion and rigging boxing matches for,” the lieutenant paused and totted up the list of offences, “Ninety-six years.” Roger the Goat nodded gravely, and asked, “In what order?
Have you really not noticed, then, that here of all places, in this private, personal solitude that surrounds me, I have turned to you? All the memories of my youth speak to me as I walk, just as the sea shells crunch under my feet on the beach. The crash of every wave awakens far-distant reverberations within me... I hear the rumble of bygone days, and in my mind the whole endless series of old passions surges forward like the billows. I remember my spasms, my sorrows, gusts…
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Appears in: NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1970–2018).