Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Wig

Wig , noun

[Abbreviation from periwig.]

1.
A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers.
2.
An old seal; -- so called by fishermen.
Collocations (1)
Wig tree (Botany) , See Smoke tree, under Smoke.

Wig , transitive verb

To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold. [Slang]