figged

Verb (1)

fig (third-person singular simple present figs, present participle figging, simple past and past participle figged)

1. (obsolete) To insult with a fico, a contemptuous gesture.
   • When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like / The bragging Spaniard.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
2. (obsolete) To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.
3. (dated, soap-making) 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.1893, Henry Gathmann, American Soaps, page 204

Verb (2)

fig (third-person singular simple present figs, present participle figging, simple past and past participle figged)

1. (intransitive) To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.

Verb (3)

fig (third-person singular simple present figs, present participle figging, simple past and past participle figged)

1. (colloquial, dated, transitive) To dress; to get oneself up a certain way.

Verb (4)

fig (third-person singular simple present figs, present participle figging, simple past and past participle figged)

1. (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.1874, The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal, page 176

   Synonyms:

   ginger

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