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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rig(g)it, -at, ppl. adj. Also: riget, -ed, -id. [e.m.E. rigged (cowe; 1555); Rig n. or v.¹]

1. Of a cow: Having a streak of a different colour along the back. 1580 Edinb. Test. VII 350b.
He leuis … to Richard Stewart the riggit kow 1590 Kinnaird Farm Bk. fol. 78.
[Five] oxin … ane therof to be hadin quhilk is quhitt riget 1597 Edinb. Test. XXXI 242b.
I leif … to Rob Robsoun ane riggit quoy 1603 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. II 35.
Ane blak riggat ox 1611 Dunblane Test. III 138.
Ane rigit quoy 1613 Orkney Test. and Inv. 105.
1 riggit kow 1637 Brechin Test. V 234b.
Ane riggit stot 1659 Rothesay B. Rec. 42.
Ane riggit stirk 1670 Argyll Justic. Rec. 10.
Four kine of the collors following viz. ane browne riged kow [etc.] 1672 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct.) 23?
Ane black rigit cow 1700 Foulis Acc. Bk. 276.

b. Backed (in the manner specified). c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 57 (M).
Rewin riggit [Bann. raggit] ruke all full of rebaldrie

2. Of a stuff: Variegated by stripes, or by strips of material (of a different colour). 1562 Treas. Acc. XI 183.
vij elnis of riggit quhite fustiane 1567 Edinb. Test. I 34.
Twa elnis … of quhite riggit fustean, … riggit cannues 1584 Ib. XIV 134.
xxiiij elnis bumbacie riggit with silk 1586 Perth B. Ct. 10 May.
Ane pair of rigid figorat veluet sleuis

3. Marked with a ridge or ridges. 1580 Whitelaw Sc. Arms Makers App. i 295.
Six ungrathit Frenche riggit blaidis