Wig (?), n. [Abbreviation from periwig.]
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.
2.
An old seal; -- so called by fishermen.
Wig tree. Bot. See Smoke tree, under Smoke.
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Wig (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wigged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wigging (?).]
To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.
[Slang]
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Wigg (?), 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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