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RIG'GING, ppr. Dressing; fitting with shrouds, braces, _c.

RIG'GING, n. Dress; tackle; particularly, the ropes which support the masts, extend and contract the sails, _c. of a ship. This is of two kinds, standing rigging, as the shrouds and stays, and running rigging, such as braces, sheets, halliards, clewlines, _c.

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