[var. of FIZGIG, the first element being modified after FISH, from its use in catching fish.] (See quot. 1788.) = FIZGIG 4.
a. 1642. Sir W. Monson, Naval Tracts, VI. (1704), 532/2. These Fishes are taken with Harping Irons, Fishgigs, and Hooks made purposely.
1788. Falconbridge, Afr. Slave Tr., 41. The fish-gig is an instrument used for striking fish, and consists of several strong barbed points fixed on a pole, about six feet long, loaded at the end with lead.
1802. G. Barrington, Hist. N. South Wales, i. 16. The men fish with a fish-gig, or spear, which they are very dexterous in the use of.
