to run a rig

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct. [Obs.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

2.A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic. [1913 Webster]

3.A blast of wind. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. [1913 Webster]

That uncertain season before the rigs of Michaelmas were yet well composed.— Burke.[1913 Webster]

To run a rig, to play a trick; to engage in a frolic; to do something strange and unbecoming. [1913 Webster]

He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a rig.— Cowper.[1913 Webster]