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nigger ((v.)) † Hist. 
v. burn through the trunk of a tree by using a nigger.
See also: nigger ((n.))
- 1905 To save the time and labor of cutting the fallen trees into lengths for being drawn together by the oxen, they were often "niggered."
- 1909 I've seen those old settlers "niggar" the fallen logs--that is, they would build a small fire on top of the fallen logs . . . and keep it burning until it was burnt through.
- 1905 To save the time and labor of cutting the fallen trees into lengths for being drawn together by the oxen, they were often "niggered."