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Riggin(g, (vbl.) n.1 Also: rygg-, rig-, ryg- and -yn(g, -yne, -an(e, -ene; reggyn; regayne. [North. ME ryggyng (1399); Rig n. and Rig v.1]

1. The back, or backbone, of a human being or animal. 1513 Doug. xiii Prol. 148.
With hys club he maid a braid, And twenty rowtis apon my riggyng laid
1573 Haddington B. Rec. (Robb) 21 July.
The said gray hors … haiffand the markis followand: … ane knot on his mayne regayne [etc.]
1689 Fugitive Poetry I xxvii 1/2.
Their riggans pay'd for a then

2. The top part or crest of anything extended; a ridge; a crown.? Also as a place-name element in Ragingait (see quot. 1540). 1540 Acts II 379/1.
Fra thyne … to the heid of the bank riggin callit the Ragingait
c1600 Pont Cunningham 15.
Druymmealshun, wich the vulgar interprette, the rigging of the medowish moate
a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xxviii 41.
Wauis … ramping ouer his [sc. the rock's] rigging ryds, Bot can not caus him budge
1652 Glasgow B. Rec. II 236.
That all wha ar in building … lay the staines togither … , and to hald them aff the riging of the casey twa ellis on both sydes

3. The ridge of the roof of a house; also applied to the roof itself, and (once) ? to the ceiling.Also pl., in the same sense. 1503 Lanark B. Rec. 13.
For devattis to the reggyn and stobis
1513 Doug. v iv 106.
Quhil of hir fard the howsys ryggyng [L. ryggingis, B. riggingis] ryngis
1533 Bell. Livy II 176/26.
Seand the stanis and sclatis cassin be the wemen & servandis of the riggingis of the housis
1539 Treas. Acc. VII 230.
Gevin to ane payntour for ourelaying of ten chanys to putt upoun the rigging of the said wirk and gavillis of the samin witht gold
1558 Rentale Dunkeld. 356.
Tua furlattis lyme to mend the riggin of the houssis
1561–3 Edinb. Old Acc. I 437 (see Riggin(g) stan(e pl. (b)).
Rigene
1568 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 5.
For … bringing the stanis fra the kirk rigging quhen the wyndois war biggit
1579, 1617 Despauter (1579) 78.
Culmen domus, the rigging of the hous
1580 Glasgow B. Rec. (M.C.) 125.
Fund in the wrang, for … casting doun of the rigging and thak
1582 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 125.
Greit tarit tow … for ganging our the ryging of the wowtt
1590 Wedderburn Compt Bk. 63.
To the skletter for … mending the riging of the hous
1595 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 590.
The poynting off … the payment stanis vpone the riging
1603 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 87.
Casting doun diffatis and steanis afe the riging of the house
1625 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II 170.
Nyne great stanes for the kingis badges to be wrocht in for the rigging of the great hall
1629 Linlithgow B. Rec. 8 May.
For making the skaffalding on the tolbuith rigging
1632 in Law Memor. Pref. lvii.
There was women seen dancing on the rigging of the byre

b. The materials employed for ridging or roofing a house, collectively. 1607–8 Glasg. Univ. Mun. III 560.
Sax futt of riging to the kirk
pl. 1562–3 Edinb. Old Acc. II 174.
The rigginis of the queir
1578 Reg. Privy C. II 695.
[They] come … to the dwelling hous … and … tirvit the riggingis thairof
1623–4 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II 153.
For plaistering the riggingis of lead in [the] new wark in the castell
c1690 Weaver's Acc. Bk.
For thaak & herding casting of deafets and rigings

c. The space under the roof but above the top of the walls of a house; a loft or attic. c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1385.
This ark [was] … with sett on rufe; Quhose rigyng wes ane cubeit braid, Quharein thare wes ane wyndo maid
1561–2 Edinb. Old Acc. I 366.
Bering of the wobstaris lumis to the kirk rigyne
1597–8 Misc. Spald. C. II 137.
The foirsaid officiar persawit ane corbie pluk furth woll out of the top of thy hous, the saidis tua scheip saltit in ane troche, in the rigging of thy house
1684 Fountainhall Decis. I 301.
Their escape [from the Canongate Tolbooth] was made out at a window, and by passing thro' the riggings of many houses

d. ? = Ruf(e)-tre n. But perh. another instance of c above. 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 88.
And the obligation the lad had given him droops of the rigging amongs the mids of the auditors

4. The action of ridging, or roofing, a building. 1507 Treas. Acc. IV 89.
To the maister masoun of Linlithqw for rigging of the chapell in the place with stane
1542–3 Ib. VIII 166.
For expensis debursit … upoune the rigging and beting of the mulettis stabill
1551 Banff Ann. I 31.
To the sklaitter for the pwyntting of the haill kirk … with rygging of kirk
1561–2 Dumfries B. Ct. fol. 57a.
For rigin of ane hous & theikin of it
1563 Ib. fol. 190.
Theikin rigin and vphaldand the mud vals of the said land ȝeirlie
1594 Paisley B. Rec. 154.
Riging turves … applyit to sundrie others necessars nor for riging of their houssis
1654 Sc. N. & Q. I 174.
4 disone of shirats [pr. shirals] for riging of the said hous

5. The action of variegating with strips of differently coloured stuffs. Cf. Rig(g)it ppl. adj. 1548 Treas. Acc. IX 215.
For ȝallo bukram and reid to ryggyn my lorde governoures pavilȝeounnes

6. attrib. and comb.See also Riggin(g) stan(e. 1654 Sc. N. & Q. I 174.
4 gaing of hedder for riging cheaff to the said hous
1531 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 115.
Hayther to be pullit and maid duffat … , and the communite … to leid the saidis hayther duffatis and ryging duffattis
1663 Stirling Common Good fol. 16b.
For 150 rigane divots, £2, 10 s.
1507–8 Rentale Dunkeld. (S.H.S.) 170.
Riggyngtild [and] skalȝe
1589–90 Crail B. Ct. MS 31 Jan.
For ane riging tree and pan tree
1636 Kirkcaldy Presb. 104.
Riggintrie
1529–30 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 7.
Duvatis … to the mending of the gilehous … , x dosoun riginturris to the samyn
1594 Paisley B. Rec. 154 (see sense 4 above).
Riging turves
1675 Kingarth Par. Rec. 105.
Ordains the peopl of Mikl Kilcatten … come to cast rigging turf and to riggin the manse
Ib.
Riggin turf

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