jigging

The act of dancing a jig.

There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings […]

The act of using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.