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Meaning
Noun
●
In Fruits:
A
fruit-bearing
tree
or
shrub
of the
genus
Ficus that is
native
mainly
to the tropics.
●
In Fig trees:
The
fruit
of the
fig tree
,
pear-shaped
and
containing
many small seeds.
●
A small
piece
of tobacco.
●
The value of a
fig
,
practically
nothing; a
fico
; a whit.
●
In Newfoundland English:
a
raisin
(dried grape)
●
The Lady Finger
banana
,
also known as
the "fig
banana
". (Cultivar of Musa acuminata.)
●
Abbreviation of
figure
(“diagram or illustration”).
●
A person's
figure
;
dress
or appearance.
●
The
piece
of
ginger root
used in figging.
Verb
●
To
insult
with a
fico
, or
contemptuous
motion.
●
To
put
into the
head
of, as something
useless
or contemptible.
●
To develop, or cause (a
soap
) to develop,
white
streaks
or granulations.
●
To
move
suddenly
or
quickly
;
rove
about.
●
To
dress
; to get
oneself
up a certain way.
●
To
insert
a
ginger root
into the
anus
,
vagina
or
urethra
of (a
horse
): to
perform
figging
upon; to
feague
, to feak.
Name
●
The 95th
sura
(chapter) of
th
e Qur'an.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
fig
English
fige
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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