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fign.1

Brit. /fɪɡ/, U.S. /fɪɡ/
Forms: Middle English fige, Middle English–1500s fyg(g(e, (Middle English fijg), Middle English–1700s figg(e, 1500s–1800s Scottish and 1800s dialect feg, 1800s dialect vig, Middle English– fig.
Etymology: < Old French fige, figue, < Provençal figa , figua = Spanish higa (obsolete rare), Italian fica (rare) < popular Latin *fīca fig, < Latin fīcus (u- stem) fig tree, fig. The Latin fīcus was taken into Old English as fíc (see fike n.1) and was represented directly in Old French by fi (= Italian fico, Spanish higo, Portuguese figo), and *fīca by fie.
1.
a. The fruit of the fig tree or Ficus, esp. the fruit of the Ficus carica. †figs of Pharaoh: the fruit of the Sycamore Fig ( Ficus Sycomorus).
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > fig > [noun]
fig?c1225
figo1589
anjeer1854
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > fig > [noun] > types of
figs of Pharaoh?c1225
fig-dote1481
figling1612
fig-flower1719
tap-figsc1860
Turkey fig1866
adam's fig1907
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > fig
fig?c1225
figo1589
porphyritis1706
Marseilles1725
Turkey fig1866
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > fig > other types of
figs of Pharaoh?c1225
caprifigc1420
grossc1420
fig-dote1481
figling1612
sycamore-fig1615
fig-flower1719
fig-peepul1859
Smyrna fig1897
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 119 Swete frut þet me cleopeð figes.
c1325 Coer de L. 1549 Fyggys, raysyns, in frayel.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iii. 29 Ne on croked kene þorne kynde fygys wexe.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) v. 50 Fyge trees þat beren no leves but fyges vpon the smale braunches, & men clepen hem Figes of Pharoon.
c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 15 An sethe fygys in Wyne & grynde hem.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 93 The milkie Figge, the Damson blacke and white.
1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. lxxxii. 713 Apply a Cataplasm of Figgs and Raisons stoned.
1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 158 Beneath his ample leaf, the luscious fig.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. ii. 93 Before their guest They laid..the luscious fig.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. ii. 552 In the orchard hangs aloft The purple fig.
b. = fig tree n. Any tree of the genus Ficus, esp. Ficus carica. Indian fig n. the Banyan ( F. indica), or the Pipal ( F. religiosa).
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Asian trees or shrubs > [noun] > banyan tree
Indian fig1382
Indian fig tree1594
banian-tree1638
war1687
peepul tree1783
burr1813
Brahminy fig tree1814
bo tree1820
bodhi tree1838
pagoda tree1876
waringin1889
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > fig-tree
fikec975
figerc1300
fig treea1340
fig1382
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Num. xx. 5 The whiche ne fige getith, ne vynes, ne powmgarnettis.
c1400 Rom. Rose 1364 Fyges, & many a date tree There wexen.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 159 Fygge or fyge tre, ficus.
1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 130 Figs, and Mulberies will be propagated by their Suckers.
1764 C. Churchill Gotham i. 14 The Fig, which..gave our first Parents cloaths.
1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 150 The Fig—Ficus carica.
c. In the East and West Indies popularly applied (like the corresponding words in French, Spanish, and Portuguese), to the Banana, also to the Cochineal Cactus.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > banana > [noun]
finger?a1425
fig1582
banana1597
pisang1662
pisang fig1700
nana1929
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > cochineal cactus
nopal1578
fig1582
cochineal-tree1697
cochineal fig1785
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > banana
finger?a1425
muse1578
fig1582
banana1597
adam's figc1602
pisang1662
pisang fig1700
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias ix. 22 Fruites: that is to saye, Pomegranets, Figges of the Indias, Orenges.
1700 S. L. tr. C. Fryke Two Voy. into E.I. 31 Pisang Figgs, which are a long kind of Figg.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 17 The Indian Fig..call'd Jamacan..is the same Plant that..bears the Cochineal.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxi. 295 The Cochineal Fig, on which the insect of that name feeds.
1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. ii. 49 At St. Thomas's we had been introduced to bananas (figs, as they are miscalled in the West Indies).
1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk xvi. 351 Bananas named for their..flavour and other qualities..apple or honey (the smallest), fig (very small), plum (small).
1970 Country Life 17–24 Dec. 1221/3 In the West Indies a fig is a small banana.
†2. A poisoned fig used as a secret way of destroying an obnoxious person. Often fig of Spain, Spanish fig, Italian fig. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisoned fig
ficoa1577
fig1589
1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Theses Martinianæ 21 Have you given him an Italian figge?
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iii. 1153 This boy..long he shall not soe, if figs of Spaine..their force retaine.
1657 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia 45 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) Tamberlaine..did cause a Fig to be given him, and after his death married his widow.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. i. 233 Some report he was poyson'd with an Italian Fig.
1691 S. Bethel Providences of God 33 He..durst not have disobeyed, for fear of a Dose, or a Fig.
3. As the name of a disease, from the resemblance in shape.
†a. In human beings: The disease Ficus, or the piles. Also plural. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > vascular disorders > [noun] > piles
haemorrhoids1398
emerodsc1400
ficusc1400
fig14..
pile?a1425
crest1569
marisca1684
Farmer Giles1955
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 707 Hic figus, the fyge.
1483 Cath. Angl. 130/1 Þe Figes, quidam morbus, ficus.
?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe (1585) M ij It is good if the fygge blede.
b. Farriery. An excrescence on the frog of a horse's foot, somewhat resembling a fig.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > wart
wartc725
porre?a1425
wrat1527
chit1552
verruca1565
fig1600
thyme wart1601
soft wart1610
rouncival1655
wartle1659
clavicle1661
thymus1684
warting1756
the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > tumour
botcha1425
wen1559
fig1600
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > hoof > substance inside hoof > parts of
fig1600
frog-band1809
frog-stay1809
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxviii. 188 You must pare the hoofe..betwixt the sole of the foote and the fig.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 414 Of the Figge. If a Horse hauing receiued any hurt..in the sole of his foot..there will grow in that place a certaine superfluous piece of flesh, like a Figge.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Fig in the manege, is a sort of wart on the frush and sometimes all over the body of a horse.
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict.
4.
a. As a type of anything small, valueless, or contemptible; also, †a dried fig; a fig's end. In phrases: †never a fig = not at all; (to †bid, care, give) a fig, or fig's end for; to mind, value (a person or thing), be worth a fig or fig's end.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > paltry, mean, or contemptible
wretch?a1300
flea1388
figc1450
figo1589
fico1598
paltering1611
fig's enda1616
mockado1740
two pennyworth1851
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > object of contempt > type of something contemptible
figc1450
dish-clouta1529
figo1589
weak sauce1993
the mind > emotion > indifference > [verb (intransitive)]
to put in no chaloir1477
not to care1490
to let the world wag (as it will)c1525
not to care a chip1556
to hang loose (to)1591
(to bid, care, give) a fig, or fig's end for1632
not to careor matter a farthing1647
not to care a doit1660
(not) to care twopencea1744
not to give a curse (also damn)1763
not to care a dump1821
not to care beans1833
not to care a darn1840
not to give a darn1840
not to care a straw (two, three straws)1861
not to care (also give) a whoop1867
(to care) not a fouter1871
not to care (or give) a toss1876
not to give (also care) a fuck1879
je m'en fiche1889
not to care a dit(e)1907
je m'en fous1918
not to give a shit1918
to pay no nevermind1946
not to give a sod1949
not to give (also care) a monkey's (fuck)1960
not to give a stuff1974
c1450 Crt. of Love xcviii A Figge for all her chastite!
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12206 He fortherit neuer a fyge with his fight yet.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 173 A feg for the fead, and a buttoun for the braggyne of all the heretikis..in Scotland.
1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood i. 7 All Beere in Europe is not worth a figge.
a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 115 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) If hee threaten as an enemie, a figge for his Monarchy.
1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) (at Figge) Not to care a figge for one, faire la figue à.
1634 W. Clerk Withals's Dict. Eng. & Lat. 557 Fumi umbra non emerim I will not give a fig's end for it.
1710 Brit. Apollo 3 3/1 No Man Does care a Fig for such a Woman.
1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband ii. i. 34 Pshah! a Fig for his Money!
1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine vii We have it from nature, and so a fig for Miss Edgeworth.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. ii. 56 Nor..is the young fellow worth a fig that would.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 55 A feg's end for it.
1887 Poor Nellie (1888) 185 Charlie does not care a fig about it.
†b. Used contemptuously; so fig's end used as a substitute for some other word. Also as an exclamation. Cf. fiddlestick (s!, fiddlestick's end! at fiddlestick n. 3. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > contempt or disesteem [phrase] > expressions of contempt
a straw forc1374
to blow the buck's hornc1405
to go whistle1453
fig's enda1616
to do the other thing1628
indeed1834
(in a) pig's eye (also ear, arse)1847
drop dead1934
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > paltry, mean, or contemptible
wretch?a1300
flea1388
figc1450
figo1589
fico1598
paltering1611
fig's enda1616
mockado1740
two pennyworth1851
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 319 Vertue? a fig, tis in our selues, that wee are thus, or thus. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 251 Rod... Shee's full of most blest condition. Iag. Blest figs end. View more context for this quotation
1752 S. Foote Taste ii. 30 This is Mynheer Baron de——. Lady. Mynheer Figs-end.
5. dialect. A raisin.
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1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Figs, raisins, W.
1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall
1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words
6. slang.
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1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. I. ix. 247 Coiners give..names to..the various kinds of false money which they circulate. Such as flats, or figs, or figthings.
7. Soap-making. (See quots.)
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1885 W. L. Carpenter Treat. Manuf. Soap i. 12 The appearances known as ‘grain’ or ‘strike’ in a hard soap and ‘fig’ in a soft soap, are due to the crystalline character of soap.
1885 W. L. Carpenter Treat. Manuf. Soap vi. 161 To produce a grained soft-soap (or ‘fig’).
8. A small piece of tobacco. Cf. fid n.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > tobacco in a roll, cake, or stick > small piece cut from
cudeOE
quid1720
chew1725
chaw1772
fid1793
fig1838
plug1843
1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. iv. 187 How are you off for tobacco? said Mr. Slick. Grand, said he, got half a fig left yet.
1893 R. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker I. 103 Running round to the store for a fig of tobacco.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
a. Simple attributive.
(a)
fig-box n.
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1868 Less. Mid. Age 126 The one man of the company set his foot upon the old fig-box.
fig drum n.
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a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) x. 248 I see a great many barrels and fig-drums.
fig-juice n.
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1853 W. J. Hickie tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 637 Pound together garlic with fig-juice.
fig-plaster n.
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1884 R. Browning Ferishtah's Fancies (1885) 56 Try a fig-plaster: may it ease thy pangs!
fig-skin n.
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1855 R. Browning Fra Lippo Lippi in Men & Women I. 39 I starved..On fig-skins.
fig-tart n.
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Figge tartes, collybia.
fig-wasp n.
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1883 G. Allen in Knowledge 3 Aug. 66/1 The fig-wasps lay their eggs in the fruit of the caprifico.
fig-wood n.
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1875 J. H. Pollen Anc. & Mod. Furnit. 33 Figwood, willow, plane, elm, ash [etc.].
fig-yard n.
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1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Riiv/2 The Fygyeard, ficetum.
1874 F. W. Farrar Life Christ 55 Winding thro' the rich figyards and olive groves.
(b)
fig-like adj.
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1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (new ed.) iv. 29 The roots have long fig-like fibres.
b. Objective.
fig-gatherer n.
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Figge gatherer, ficetor.
fig-lover n.
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Figge louer, ficetor.
fig-seller n.
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1483 Cath. Angl. 129/2 A Fige celler, ficarius.
C2. Special combinations. Also fig leaf n., fig tree n., fig-wort n.
fig-apple n. a kind of apple (see quot.).
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > apple > [noun] > eating-apple > types of
costardc1390
bitter-sweet1393
Queening?1435
richardine?1435
blaundrellc1440
pear apple1440
tuberc1440
quarrendenc1450
birtle1483
deusan1570
apple-john1572
Richard1572
lording1573
greening1577
queen apple1579
peeler1580
darling1584
doucin1584
golding1589
puffin1589
lady's longing1591
bitter-sweeting1597
pearmain1597
paradise apple1598
garden globe1600
gastlet1600
leather-coat1600
maligar1600
pome-paradise1601
French pippin1629
gillyflower1629
king apple1635
lady apple1651
golden pippin1654
goldling1655
puff1655
cardinal1658
green fillet1662
chestnut1664
cinnamon apple1664
fenouil1664
go-no-further1664
Westbury apple1664
seek-no-farther1670
nonsuch1676
calville1691
passe-pomme1691
fennel apple1699
queen1699
genet1706
fig-apple1707
oaken pin1707
nonpareil1726
costing1731
monstrous reinette1731
Newtown pippin1760
Ribston1782
Rhode Island greening1795
oslin1801
fall pippin1803
monstrous pippin1817
Newtown Spitzenburg1817
Gravenstein1821
Red Astrachan1822
Tolman sweet1822
grange apple1823
orange pippin1823
Baldwin1826
Sturmer Pippin1831
Newtowner1846
Northern Spy1847
Blenheim Orange1860
Cox1860
McIntosh Red1876
Worcester1877
raspberry apple1894
delicious1898
Laxton's Superb1920
Macoun1924
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > eating-apple > types of
costardc1390
bitter-sweet1393
pippin?1435
pomewater?1435
Queening?1435
richardine?1435
blaundrellc1440
pear apple1440
tuberc1440
quarrendenc1450
birtle1483
sweeting1530
pomeroyal1534
renneta1568
deusan1570
apple-john1572
Richard1572
lording1573
russeting1573
greening1577
queen apple1579
peeler1580
reinette1582
darling1584
doucin1584
golding1589
puffin1589
lady's longing1591
bitter-sweeting1597
pearmain1597
paradise apple1598
garden globe1600
gastlet1600
leather-coat1600
maligar1600
pomeroy1600
short-start1600
jenneting1601
pome-paradise1601
russet coat1602
John apple1604
honey apple1611
honeymeal1611
musk apple1611
short-shank1611
spice apple1611
French pippin1629
king apple1635
lady apple1651
golden pippin1654
goldling1655
puff1655
cardinal1658
renneting1658
green fillet1662
chestnut1664
cinnamon apple1664
fenouil1664
go-no-further1664
reinetting1664
Westbury apple1664
seek-no-farther1670
nonsuch1676
white-wining1676
russet1686
calville1691
fennel apple1699
queen1699
genet1706
fig-apple1707
oaken pin1707
musk1708
nonpareil1726
costing1731
monstrous reinette1731
Newtown pippin1760
Ribston1782
Rhode Island greening1795
oslin1801
wine apple1802
fall pippin1803
monstrous pippin1817
Newtown Spitzenburg1817
Gravenstein1821
Red Astrachan1822
Tolman sweet1822
grange apple1823
orange pippin1823
Baldwin1826
wine-sap1826
Jonathan1831
Sturmer Pippin1831
rusty-coat1843
Newtowner1846
Northern Spy1847
Cornish gilliflowerc1850
Blenheim Orange1860
Cox1860
nutmeg pippin1860
McIntosh Red1876
Worcester1877
raspberry apple1894
delicious1898
Laxton's Superb1920
Melba apple1928
Melba1933
Mutsu1951
Newtown1953
discovery1964
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 542 The Fig-apple is also newly propagated, the Tree yielding no Blossoms..nor hath the Fruit in it any Core.
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fig-banana n. a small variety of the banana common in the West Indies ( Cent. Dict.).
fig-bean n. a name for several species of Lupinus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pea flowers > lupins
electreOE
lupinec1420
flat-bean1597
fig-bean1657
tree lupine1882
blue bonnet1901
Russell1937
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden ccxii. 333 They are usually called Lupines..yet some call them Fig-beanes after the Dutch name.
1878–86 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Fig-Bean.
fig-bird n. (a) = beccafico n.; (b) see quot. 1854.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia atricapilla (blackcap)
fig-bird1576
snap-fig1603
beccafico1621
fig-pecker1647
fig-finch1655
black cap1678
fig-eater1678
nettle-monger1712
mockingbird1883
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia hortensis (beccafico)
fig-bird1576
snap-fig1603
beccafico1621
fig-pecker1647
fig-finch1655
pettichaps1673
fig-eater1678
nettle-monger1712
garden warbler1817
nettle creeper1984
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Phylloscopus > species collybita (chiff-chaff)
chiffchaffc1780
lesser pettichaps1843
fig-bird1854
bank-jug1881
sally picker1885
ox-eye1888
1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. viii. f. 65v Figgebyrds.
1854 J. W. Warter Last of Old Squires xiii. 138 The chiff-chaffs; one of which Sussex people call the fig-bird.
fig-blue n. soluble blue.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > blue colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs > other dyes
stone-blue1675
starch blue1742
Saxon blue1753
fig-blue1786
chemic1792
Turkey blue1815
Paris blue1835
Saxony blue1857
soluble blue1879
methylene blue1882
indoin1884
phenylene blue1884
indamine1888
Nile blue1888
gallamine blue1889
neutral blue1889
chrome-blue1892
toluidine blue1898
indanthrene1901
Saxe blue1905
trypan blue1911
mandarin blue1912
1786 N.Y. Directory 26 Coller Christopher, fig-blue manufacturer.
1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xli. 1010 The linen..should again be rinsed..in abundance of cold water slightly tinged with fig-blue.
fig-cake n. (see quot. 1858).
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared fruit and dishes > [noun] > other fruit dishes
figee1381
garnadec1440
gayledea1450
strawberry cream1523
strawberry shortcake1523
amber pudding1695
fufu1740
tum tum1790
poi1798
fig-cake1837
compote1845
ambrosia1867
summer pudding1875
schalet1884
charoset1885
angels' food1891
stuffed olive1897
chartreuse1900
crisp1916
guacamole1920
fruit cocktail1922
pimiento olive1925
fruit cup1931
crumble1947
matoke1959
turon1972
guac1983
bumbleberry1991
1837 C. A. Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 29 She once supplied us with fig-cakes and figs.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Fig-cake, a preparation of figs and almonds worked up into a hard paste, and pressed into round cakes like small cheeses.
fig-dust n. finely ground oatmeal, used as food for caged birds ( Cent. Dict.).
fig-eater n. (a) one who eats figs; (b) = beccafico n.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating of other substances > eaters of other substances
fig-eater1552
cheese eater1603
oat-eatera1668
bean-eater1710
cake eater1791
gag-eater1820
haggis-eater1834
gum-chewer1850
pie-biter1863
nut-eater1878
toxiphagus-
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia atricapilla (blackcap)
fig-bird1576
snap-fig1603
beccafico1621
fig-pecker1647
fig-finch1655
black cap1678
fig-eater1678
nettle-monger1712
mockingbird1883
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia hortensis (beccafico)
fig-bird1576
snap-fig1603
beccafico1621
fig-pecker1647
fig-finch1655
pettichaps1673
fig-eater1678
nettle-monger1712
garden warbler1817
nettle creeper1984
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Figge eater, ficarius.
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 216 The Beccafigo or Fig-eater.
fig-fauns n. = Latin fauni ficarii (see Forcellini at ficarius).
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > [noun]
neteneOE
wightc888
deerc950
beastc1225
jument1382
creaturea1387
animala1398
bestialc1400
bullifanta1528
bovya1549
animant1599
man or beast1600
breather1609
fellow creature1726
fig-fauns1750
critter1815
fellow1816
demon1821
skelm1827
1750 Bible (Douay) Jer. I. 39 Therefore shall dragons dwell there with the fig-fauns.
fig-finch n. = beccafico n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia atricapilla (blackcap)
fig-bird1576
snap-fig1603
beccafico1621
fig-pecker1647
fig-finch1655
black cap1678
fig-eater1678
nettle-monger1712
mockingbird1883
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia hortensis (beccafico)
fig-bird1576
snap-fig1603
beccafico1621
fig-pecker1647
fig-finch1655
pettichaps1673
fig-eater1678
nettle-monger1712
garden warbler1817
nettle creeper1984
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 162 The Fig-finch, the Thrush and the Oisters.
fig-flower n. a fig of the first crop.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > fig > [noun] > types of
figs of Pharaoh?c1225
fig-dote1481
figling1612
fig-flower1719
tap-figsc1860
Turkey fig1866
adam's fig1907
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > fig > other types of
figs of Pharaoh?c1225
caprifigc1420
grossc1420
fig-dote1481
figling1612
sycamore-fig1615
fig-flower1719
fig-peepul1859
Smyrna fig1897
1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) v. 94 Figs bear twice a year, viz. first in July and August, and are usually call'd Fig-Flowers.
fig-frail n. a frail or basket of figs (see frail n.1).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > basket > for fruit or vegetables
fraila1382
top1440
tapnet1524
fig-frail1608
flat1640
raisin frail1669
chip basket1758
pottle1771
sievea1800
punnet1822
trug1836
bodge1876
molly1883
handle1900
1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants sig. F4v Vpon paths made of fig-frailes.
fig-gnat n. a gnat, Culex ficarius, injurious to the fig.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Culicidae > genus Culex or tribe Culicini > culex ficarius
fig-gnat1658
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 954 Culex ficarius, i.e. Fig Gnat.
fig-marigold n. a name given to several species of the genus Mesembrianthemum.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Mesembriaccae (fig-marigold and allies) > [noun]
fig-marigold1731
ficoid1736
ficoides1753
Mesembryanthemum1824
fir-marigold1834
ficoidal1846
noon-flower1856
fox-chop1866
mesem1928
vygie1931
1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 255 African Fig-Marygold with a long triangular leaf and a flesh coloured flower.
1881 E. E. Frewer tr. E. Holub Seven Years S. Afr. I. i. 16 Fig-marigolds of various kinds are especially prominent.
fig-pecker n. = beccafico n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia atricapilla (blackcap)
fig-bird1576
snap-fig1603
beccafico1621
fig-pecker1647
fig-finch1655
black cap1678
fig-eater1678
nettle-monger1712
mockingbird1883
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia hortensis (beccafico)
fig-bird1576
snap-fig1603
beccafico1621
fig-pecker1647
fig-finch1655
pettichaps1673
fig-eater1678
nettle-monger1712
garden warbler1817
nettle creeper1984
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 267 The ficedula or figpecker, called by the Italian ‘beccafico’, because it feeds most on figtrees.
1864 A. V. Kirwan Host & Guest i. 2 Several species of dates, fig-peckers, roebuck, and wild boar.
fig-peepul n. the Indian Fig (see above, sense 1b).
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > fig > other types of
figs of Pharaoh?c1225
caprifigc1420
grossc1420
fig-dote1481
figling1612
sycamore-fig1615
fig-flower1719
fig-peepul1859
Smyrna fig1897
1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 303 The tamarind, the fig-peepul, the pomegranate, and others of the plains.
fig roll n.
ΚΠ
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. 24 A bag of figrolls lay snugly in Armstrong's satchel.
fig-shell n. a shell somewhat resembling a fig.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > miscellaneous types > member of family Ficidae
fig-shell1752
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 151 The Fig-shell, with the depressed clavicle.
1888 Riverside Nat. Hist. I. 352 The species of Ficula are known from their shape as fig or pear shells.
fig-sue n. dialect a posset of bread, figs, and ale.
ΚΠ
1851 Gloss. Provinc. Words Cumberland Fig-Sue, bread and figs boiled in ale.
fig-Sunday n. dialect Palm Sunday.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Holy Week > [noun] > Palm Sunday
Palm SundayOE
Sunday of the PassionlOE
Passion Sundayc1384
fig-Sunday1850
Hosanna Sunday1868
1850 Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 2 68/2 Fig Sunday.
fig-water n. a decoction of figs.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > fruit juice or squash > [noun] > other juices or squashes
apple juice?1585
bunnell1594
cherry-water1662
juniper-water1666
fig-water1747
orange-peel water1757
cider1846
sirop1871
pomegranate water1879
soapolallie1895
apfelsaft1934
grapefruit juice1934
1747 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 480 Fig-water has cured him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

† fign.2

Brit. /fɪɡ/, U.S. /fɪɡ/
Etymology: < French figue (in phrase faire la figue to make the gesture described), < Italian fica; compare Spanish higa in dar la higa to ‘give the fig’. By some identified with fig n.1 (for a story purporting to account for the use, see Littré s.v.). According to others, Italian fica had an indecent sense: see Tommaseo's Dict.
Obsolete.
A contemptuous gesture which consisted in thrusting the thumb between two of the closed fingers or into the mouth. Also, fig of Spain, and to give (a person) the fig.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > derisive gesture > [noun]
middle finger1562
fig1579
fico1596
stork's bill1616
snook1791
finger-snap1821
monkey motion1845
to give (a person) the finger1874
finger-click1897
two fingers1971
society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > derisive gesture > make derisive gesture at [verb (transitive)]
to give (a person) the fig1579
to make horns at1607
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of expressing contempt > by gesture > specific gesture
ficoa1577
fig1579
tweak1616
V-sign1948
two fingers1971
Harvey Smith1973
1579 U. Fulwell Art of Flattery ii. C iv/1 For a token I thee sende A dotinge Figge of Spayne.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iii. vi. 57 The figge of Spaine.
1600 ‘Ignoto’ in Englands Helicon sig. Ziv With scowling browes their follies check, and so giue them the Fig.
1891 C. E. Norton tr. Dante Divine Comedy I. xxv. 133 The thief raised his hands with both the figs, crying, ‘Take that God!’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

fign.3

Brit. /fɪɡ/, U.S. /fɪɡ/
Etymology: < fig v.4 2.It has been asserted that in fashion prints ‘Full fig.’ (abbreviation for figure) and ‘Demi-fig.’ were formerly used for front and back or side views of the figure; but we have failed to find confirmation of the statement.
1. Dress, equipment, only in in full fig.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun]
clothesc888
hattersOE
shroudc1000
weedOE
shrouda1122
clothc1175
hatteringa1200
atourc1220
back-clout?c1225
habit?c1225
clothingc1275
cleadinga1300
dubbinga1300
shroudinga1300
attirec1300
coverturec1300
suitc1325
apparel1330
buskingc1330
farec1330
harness1340
tire1340
backs1341
geara1350
apparelmentc1374
attiringa1375
vesturec1385
heelinga1387
vestmentc1386
arraya1400
graitha1400
livery1399
tirementa1400
warnementa1400
arrayment1400
parelc1400
werlec1400
raiment?a1425
robinga1450
rayc1450
implements1454
willokc1460
habiliment1470
emparelc1475
atourement1481
indumenta1513
reparel1521
wearing gear1542
revesture1548
claesc1550
case1559
attirement1566
furniture1566
investuring1566
apparelling1567
dud1567
hilback1573
wear1576
dress1586
enfolding1586
caparison1589
plight1590
address1592
ward-ware1598
garnish1600
investments1600
ditement1603
dressing1603
waith1603
thing1605
vestry1606
garb1608
outwall1608
accoutrementa1610
wearing apparel1617
coutrement1621
vestament1632
vestiment1637
equipage1645
cask1646
aguise1647
back-timbera1656
investiture1660
rigging1664
drapery1686
vest1694
plumage1707
bussingc1712
hull1718
paraphernalia1736
togs1779
body clothing1802
slough1808
toggery1812
traps1813
garniture1827
body-clothes1828
garmenture1832
costume1838
fig1839
outfit1840
vestiture1841
outer womana1845
outward man1846
vestiary1846
rag1855
drag1870
clo'1874
parapherna1876
clobber1879
threads1926
mocker1939
schmatte1959
vine1959
kit1989
1839 T. De Quincey Dinner in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 824/2 All belted and plumed, and in full military fig.
1841 T. Hook Fathers & Sons xxi In full fig for the ceremony.
1866 J. L. Motley Let. 14 Aug. in Corr. (1889) II. vii. 247 We all turned out in full fig the other day.
2. Condition, form.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > [noun]
ferec1175
statea1325
casec1325
likingc1330
plighta1393
dispositionc1400
health1509
disease1526
affection?1541
affect1605
valetude1623
tift1717
situation1749
condition1798
fix1816
shape1865
fig1883
1883 J. W. Sherer At Home & in India 203 Lord Alaric was in great fig.
1896 N.E.D. at Fig Mod. The horse was in good fig for the race.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† figv.1

Etymology: < fig n.1
Obsolete. rare.
transitive only in †to fig away (a person): to get rid of by means of a poisoned fig. Obsolete. Cf. fig n.1 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by poisoning
envenomc1300
venomc1330
poisonc1350
empoisona1375
stranglec1374
intoxicatec1450
impotionate1570
strike1592
to fig away1609
hemlock1846
strychninea1871
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 23 Cardinals Allen and Tollet; yea Pope Sixtus quintus himselfe, all figg'd away in a trice.
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 109 What an excellent veine both Popes haue in Figging each other away.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† figv.2

Etymology: < fig n.2
Obsolete.
transitive. To insult (a person) by giving him the fig: see fig n.2
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > express contempt of > by gesture
finger-point1563
to bite the thumb at1573
fig1600
tweak1604
to make horns at1607
rump1737
to snap one's fingers at1806
to give (a person) the finger1874
scuff1897
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iii. 119 When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me, like the bragging spaniard.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† figv.3

Forms: Also 1600s figge.
Etymology: variant of fike v.1; compare also fidge v.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To move briskly and restlessly; to jog to and fro. Also, to fig about.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (intransitive)] > jog or jolt to and fro or up and down
jouncec1440
jog1586
fig1595
jig1604
jopper1607
jot?1611
squirt1611
jeta1635
jolt1788
jigget1818
jig-a-jig1840
jolter1864
1595 Enq. Tripe-wife (1881) 148 I trotted from my trotter stall, And figd about from neates feete neatly drest.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 374 Like as a Hound that..vpon the sent doth ply, Figs to and fro, and fals in cheerefull Cry.
a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 73 They that..run to Sermons, figge to Lectures, pray thrice a day by the hower.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. § 125 204 Multitudes of factious People incessantly figed about.

Derivatives

ˈfigging n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > jogging or jolting to and fro or up and down
figging1577
jolting1648
jetting1676
jiggeting1687
jigging1806
bumping1842
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > jogging or jolting to and fro or up and down
figging1577
jigging1590
jolting1598
jiggeting1687
jolty1835
jaggy1842
jiggety1876
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 6 Not medling with figging, chopping, and changing, nor seeking their liuing by handycraftes.
1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel 190 Your violent fiskings and figgings about those your idle vagaries.
a1627 T. Middleton Chast Mayd in Cheape-side (1630) iii. 38 Their short figging little shittle-corke-heels.
a1659 F. Osborne Observ. Turks in Wks. (1673) 334 Their daily figging up and down the streets..unattended.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxii. 271 Their..figging Itch, wrigling Mordicancy.
a1734 R. North Lives of Norths I. 99 His figging about at the first entrance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

figv.4

Brit. /fɪɡ/, U.S. /fɪɡ/
Etymology: variant of feague v.
1. transitive. = feague v. 2b to fig out (a horse): to trot out in lively condition. Also to fig up, to make lively or spirited.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > carry on vigorously [verb (transitive)] > make lively
alacriate1560
spright1611
to fig up1810
to funk up1972
raunch1976
to funk out1995
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > make (a horse) spirited or lively
to fetch up1565
fig1810
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (transitive)] > trot
trot1602
fig1810
1810 Sporting Mag. 36 182 He said the horse..was figged with ginger.
1819 T. Moore Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress 24 In vain did they try to fig up the old lad.
1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 177 Fig out two lively ones [horses].
2. to fig out: to dress, ‘get up’. Also to fig up: to furbish up, make ‘smart’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)]
wrya901
clothec950
shride971
aturnc1220
begoa1225
array1297
graith1297
agraithc1300
geara1325
cleadc1325
adightc1330
apparel1362
back1362
shape1362
attirea1375
parela1375
tirea1375
rayc1390
addressa1393
coverc1394
aguisea1400
scredea1400
shrouda1400
bedightc1400
buskc1400
harnessc1400
hatterc1400
revesta1449
able1449
dressa1450
reparel?c1450
adub?1473
endue?a1475
afaite1484
revestera1500
beclothe1509
trimc1516
riga1535
invest1540
vesture1555
suit1577
clad1579
investure1582
vest1582
deck1587
habit1594
to make ready1596
caparison1597
skin1601
shadow1608
garment1614
riga1625
raiment1656
garb1673
equip1695
to fit out1722
encase1725
tog1793
trick1821
to fig out1825
enclothe1832
toilet1842
to get up1858
habilitate1885
tailor1885
kit1919
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > renovate or renew > refurbish
refresh1468
recoct1562
repolish1577
furbish1587
vamp1599
interpolate1623
vamp1632
new-vampa1640
revamp1803
refurbish1824
to fig up1825
rehabilitate1878
face-lift1939
refurb1970
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > improve in appearance
cheer1560
tickle1567
smudge1589
perk1590
smug1598
pamper1611
smart1780
smarten1788
primp1801
to fig up1872
dude1899
posh1919
1825 M. Wilmot Let. 26 Sept. (1935) 223 I figg'd up the petticoat into a broad sash for Wm's waist.
1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. xx. 297 Landsmen are figged out as fine as Lord Harry.
1841 W. M. Thackeray Second Funeral Napoleon i Cowards fig themselves out..as ‘salvage men’.
1872 Punch 9 Nov. 196/1 It [a house] wants a little figging up.
1883 W. C. Russell in Longman's Mag. III. 123 The waiter's costume, as he styled the dress I had figged myself out in.
†3. ? To stuff. Obsolete. rare.Johnson explains this: ‘To put something useless into a person's head. Low Cant.’
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > induce by deception > and humbug
fig1692
humbug1761
bother1803
gammon1821
hornswoggle1829
bosh1870
crap1928
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccciii. 378 Away to the Sow she goes, and Figs her in the Crown with another Story.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† figv.5

Etymology: Of doubtful origin; perhaps (like feague v., fig v.4, fake v.2) representing German fegen : see fake v.2 The spelling fegge (see fig-boy n.) seems to support this.
slang. Obsolete.
intransitive. To pick pockets.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > picking pockets > pick pockets [verb (intransitive)]
figc1555
nip1592
dive1699
file1699
pickpocket1822
wire1853
dip1857
c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Bv Hyghe law, robbery. Figginge law, picke purse crafte.
1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. Lv All his traine study the figging law.

Derivatives

ˈfigger n. (see quot. 1785).
ΚΠ
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Figger, a little boy put in a window to hand out goods to the diver.
ˈfigging n. (also figging-law) (see quot. 1785).
ΚΠ
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Figging law, the art of picking pockets.
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