▪ I. ˈriggot1 dial.
Also 6 rygett, 9 riggit (ricket).
[var. of riggald: cf. prec.]
= ridgel.
| 1559 Richmond Wills (Surtees) 135, xxij{supt}{supi}⊇ tupes and rygetts. 1814 Pegge Suppl. Grose, Riggot, a half-gelded horse. Lanc. 1825– in northern dial. glossaries (Northumb., Durh., Yorks.). |
▪ II. ˈriggot2 Now dial.
Forms: 7 riget(t, 9 -att, -ot(t; 7 riggett, 7, 9 rigget, 9 riggat(e, -att, -ut; 7 riggott, 8–9 riggot.
[Related to riggald riggal, regal n.3]
A groove, furrow, or channel; in mod. dial. a water-channel, surface-drain, gutter, rain-spout.
| 1634–5 Brereton Trav. (Chetham Soc.) 32 Some of the seats of the windows gilded in the riggott that is planed. 1688 Holme Armoury iii. 99/1 Channelling the sole is making a riggett in the outer sole for the Wax thread to ly in. Ibid. 111/2 A flat in a Cornice, with a Channel or Rigget at the bottom inwards. 1747 Hooson Miner's Dict. s.v. Blasting, This Plug has a Riggot made in it down the Side. Ibid. P ij b, Upon one of which Edges the Riggot is made for the Priming of it. 1826– in dial. glossaries (Lanc., Chesh., Derby, Leic., Shropsh.). |