i Register
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noun
The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
I'll pledge you all; and a fig for Peter!
About Rebecca and Jos he did not care a fig.
A Lady Finger banana, also known as the "fig banana", (cultivar of Musa acuminata)
A raisin (dried grape).
figgy duff - boiled pudding with raisins
verb
To insult with a fico, a contemptuous gesture.
When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like / The bragging Spaniard.
To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.
To develop, or cause (a soap) to develop, white streaks or granulations.
For filling figged soaps silicate of potash is best adapted, as soda prevents in a measure the proper crystallization. [...] Artificially figged soap [...makes] a very close imitation of the naturally figged soap.
Figging is usually considered to indicate a good quality of soft soap, but such is really not the case. A first-class soft soap can be made which will not fig, while, on the other hand, a poor soap can be produced which will fig.
verb
To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.