Rig \Rig\, n. [Cf. {Wriggle}.]
1. A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct. [Obs.]
--Fuller.
2. A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
3. A blast of wind. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
That uncertain season before the rigs of Michaelmas
were yet well composed. --Burke.
{To run a rig}, to play a trick; to engage in a frolic; to do
something strange and unbecoming.
He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a
rig. --Cowper.