LIGGER

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NOUNS
1. a coverlet for a bed ...a1483 Eng. dial.
2. a horizontal timber in scaffolding, lying parallel to the face
of the building and supporting the putlogs (one of the short horizontal
timbers of a scaffolding, on which the scaffold-boards rest; one end is
inserted at right angles in a hole left in the wall for that purpose
(putlog-hole), the other being supported by the ledger)
...1500-18 Eng. dial. obs.
3. the nether millstone ...1781 Eng. dial. obs.
4. a floating line with bait used for catching pike, and generally wound
round a bundle of reeds; a pike-trimmer ...a1805 Eng. dial.
5. a foot-bridge across a ditch, usually one consisting of a plank
...1840 Eng. dial.
6. a foul salmon, Salmo salar ...1879 Scot.
7. in worsted manufacturing: one who puts the material on to a
carding machine ...1881 Eng. dial.
8. a liar ...B1900 Eng. dial.
9. one who lies in bed ...B1900 Eng. dial.
10. a layer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
11. a stout stake; a prop, a pole ...B1900 Eng. dial.
12. a branch partly cut through and laid down horizontally in a hedge
...B1900 Eng. dial.
13. in thatching, a wooden rod laid across the thatch to hold it in place
...B1900 Eng. dial.
14. someone who gatecrashes parties; a freeloader ...1977 Brit. sl.

VERBS
to set trimmers for a pike ...1834 Eng. dial. 

ETYMOLOGY
from lig, northern var. lie (vb.) + -er
Cf. ledger (n.), which is a doublet of this word, and occurs in several of its senses

EXAMPLE
(for definition 8)
From: DIck o' the Fens
A Tale of the Great East Swamp
By G. Manville Fenn, 1888
Chapter X. A Trimmering Expedition
Bait for a Fisherman, P. 146