fig

noun

1. The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
2. 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.”

3. 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.”

   “J. senses the entente between Eva and me and doesn't like it one fig.”

4. A Lady Finger banana, also known as the "fig banana", (cultivar of Musa acuminata)
5. (Newfoundland, dated)A raisin (dried grape).

   “figgy duff - boiled pudding with raisins”

6. A small piece of tobacco.

   ““You may flog, and welcome, master,” said he, “if you'll give me a fig o' tibbacky.””

   “This was followed by his presenting his sable acquaintance with a fig of tobacco, whereupon, instead of thanking the donor in the usual way, the black signified his gratitude by throwing a spear at twenty or thirty yards' distance.”

7. A fico, a contemptuous gesture.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of figure (“diagram or illustration”).
9. (colloquial, dated)A person's figure; dress or appearance.
10. The piece of ginger root used in figging.

verb

1. (obsolete)To insult with a fico, a contemptuous gesture.

   “When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like / The bragging Spaniard.”

2. (obsolete)To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.
3. (dated)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.”

   “In the cold soaps, the water soluble color is added in liquid form after saponification has started. In figged soaps, the color is crutched in after saponification is completed.”

4. (intransitive)To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of figure (“to calculate; to think; to come to understand”).
6. (colloquial, dated, transitive)To dress; to get oneself up a certain way.
7. (rare, transitive)To insert a ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra of (a horse): to perform figging upon; to feague, to feak.

   “Ginger, a showy, fast horse — as if he had been figged with ginger under his tail; a red-haired man.”

   “He must be "figged." Figging consists in pushing a piece of crushed ginger into the return of the wretched creature — a practice which is now illegal, and of which information should be given to the R.S.P.C.A. whenever detected.”

   ““Is something amiss with the horse, Parr?” His gaze left the horse for a second as he glanced at Grace. “Yes, the horse has been figged. Now I just need to figure out who the culprit is.””

name

1. The 95th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
2. (slang)Figueroa Street (street in Los Angeles)