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Webster 1913 Edition


Fig

Fig

(fĭg)
,
Noun.
[F.
figue
the fruit of the tree, Pr.
figa
, fr. L.
ficus
fig tree, fig. Cf.
Fico
.]
1.
(Bot.)
A small fruit tree (
Ficus Carica
) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.
2.
The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors.
☞ The fruit of a fig tree is really the hollow end of a stem, and bears numerous achenia inside the cavity. Many species have little, hard, inedible figs, and in only a few does the fruit become soft and pulpy. The fruit of the cultivated varieties is much prized in its fresh state, and also when dried or preserved. See
Caprification
.
3.
A small piece of tobacco.
[U.S.]
4.
The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; – used in scorn or contempt.
“A fig for Peter.”
Shak.
Cochineal fig
.
Fig dust
,
a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged birds.
Fig faun
,
one of a class of rural deities or monsters supposed to live on figs.
“Therefore shall dragons dwell there with the fig fauns.”
Jer. i. 39. (Douay version).
Fig gnat
(Zool.)
,
a small fly said to be injurious to figs.
Fig leaf
,
the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate covering; a symbol for affected modesty.
Fig marigold
(Bot.)
,
the name of several plants of the genus
Mesembryanthemum
, some of which are prized for the brilliancy and beauty of their flowers.
Fig tree
(Bot.)
,
any tree of the genus
Ficus
, but especially
F. Carica
which produces the fig of commerce.

Fig

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Fico
,
Fig
,
Noun.
]
1.
To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See
Fico
.
[Obs.]
When Pistol lies, do this, and
fig
me like
The bragging Spaniard.
Shakespeare
2.
To put into the head of, as something useless o[GREEK] contemptible.
[Obs.]
L’Estrange.

Fig

,
Noun.
Figure; dress; array.
[Colloq.]
Were they all in full
fig
, the females with feathers on their heads, the males with chapeaux bras?
Prof. Wilson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fig

FIG

,
Noun.
[L. ficus; Heb.]
1.
The fruit of the fig tree, which is of a round or oblong shape, and a dark purplish color, with a pulp of a sweet taste. But the varieties are numerous; some being blue, others red, and others of a dark brown color.
2.
The fig tree.

FIG

, v.t.
1.
To insult with ficoes or contemptuous motions of the fingers. [Little used.]
2.
To put something useless into one's head. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


Fig

Fig

See also: fig and fig.

Luxembourgish

Noun

Fig f (plural Figen)

  1. fig

fig

fig

See also: fig. and Fig

English

A fig (the fruit).
A fig (the fruit) in cross-section.

Noun

fig (plural figs)

  1. A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
  2. The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
  3. A small piece of tobacco.
  4. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
    • William Shakespeare
      I'll pledge you all; and a fig for Peter!
    • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
      J. senses the entente between Eva and me and doesn't like it one fig.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.
    • Shakespeare
      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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of L'Estrange to this entry?)

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Etymology 2

Variation of fike.

Verb

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.

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Noun

fig (plural figs)

  1. Abbreviation of figure. (diagram or illustration)

References

  1. Andreas Franz and Wilhelm Schimper, Plant Geography Upon a Physiological Basis, volume 2 (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1902), page 100

Anagrams


Lojban

Rafsi

fig

  1. rafsi of figre.

Volapük

Noun

fig (plural figs)

  1. fig

Declension