fig

1. (obsolete) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.Examples: "When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like / The bragging Spaniard."obsolete

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

3. (soap-making, dated) To develop, or cause (a soap) to develop, white streaks or granulations.Examples: "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."dated

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

1. (colloquial, dated) A person's figure; dress or appearance.colloquialdated

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

1. (transitive, rare) To insert a ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra of (a horse): to perform figging upon; to feague, to feak.Examples: "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.”"Synonyms: gingerraretransitive