† figgumn.
Obsolete.
? Juggler's tricks.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun]
colea1307
jugglingc1380
tregetryc1380
jugglerya1400
tregettingc1440
legerdemaina1450
jocularya1500
conveyance1531
prestigiation?c1550
conjuring1577
figgum1631
prestigion1635
sleight of handa1640
hocus-pocus1647
sleight1664
jugglementa1708
thaumaturgy1727
conjurationa1734
ventriloquism1797
magic1831
prestidigitation1841
hocus1854
conjury1855
1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse v. viii. 81 in Wks. II Tay. See, he spits fire. Pou. O no, he plaies at Figgum, The Diuell is the Author of wicked Figgum. [Margin] Sir Poule interprets Figgum to be a iuglers game.
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n.1631- to threap a person down
- to threap a person down that…
- to threap a person out of
- to threap a person with kindness
- to threap down
- to threap down that…
- to threap kindness or love upon
- to threap out of
- to threap something upon
- to threap upon
- to threap with kindness
- to threaten kindness
- to threaten kindness upon a person
- to thresh out
- to thresh over straw
- to thresh straw
- to throw (etc) in a person's face
- to throw (etc) something in a person's face
- to throw ) in a person's face
- to throw ) something in a person's face
- to throw a blanket on
- to throw a curtain over
- to throw a curve
- to throw a curveball
- to throw a dicky fit