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[syn: wig, wigging]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wig \Wig\, n. [Abbreviation from periwig.]
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1. A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or
united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the
natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to
supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or
according to traditional usage, as a part of an official
or professional dress, the latter especially in England by
judges and barristers.
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2. An old seal; -- so called by fishermen.
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Wig tree. (Bot.) See Smoke tree, under Smoke.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wig \Wig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wigged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wigging.]
To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wigg \Wigg\, Wig \Wig\, n. [Cf. D. wegge a sort of bread, G.
weck, orig., a wedge-shaped loaf or cake. See Wedge.]
A kind of raised seedcake. "Wiggs and ale." --Pepys.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wig
n 1: hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic
hair
2: British slang for a scolding [syn: wig, wigging]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "wig":
admonishment, admonition, bawl out, berate, chew out, chiding,
hairpiece, jaw, periwig, peruke, rail, rap, rate, reprimand,
reproach, reproof, revile, tongue-lash, toupee, upbraid