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Rigg

//ɹɪɡ// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A small settlement in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY2966). countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A strong, stormy wind (now chiefly in the phrase "Michaelmas riggs").

    "... vpon springe tydes, or after great riggs of the sea, at which tyme the sea will cast the same in more aboundance together into great heapes."

Etymology

From Middle English ryg, ryge (“storm”), from or related to Old Norse hregg (“storm and rain”).

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