Fig

[fɪg] or [fɪɡ]

Definition

(noun.) fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried.

(noun.) Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit.

Typed by Laverne--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors.

(n.) A small piece of tobacco.

(n.) The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt.

(n.) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico.

(n.) To put into the head of, as something useless o/ contemptible.

(n.) Figure; dress; array.

Edited by Elsie

Definition

n. (coll.) figure: dress.—v.t. to dress get up.—n. Fig′gery dressy ornament.

n. the fig-tree (Ficus) or its fruit growing in warm climates: a thing of little consequence.—v.t. (Shak.) to insult by a contemptuous motion of the fingers.—ns. Fig′-leaf the leaf of the fig-tree: an imitation of such a leaf for veiling the private parts of a statue or picture: any scanty clothing (from Gen. iii. 7): a makeshift; Fig′-tree the tree which produces figs.

Typed by Juan

Unserious Contents or Definition

Figs, signifies a malarious condition of the system, if you are eating them, but usually favorable to health and profit if you see them growing. For a young woman to see figs growing, signifies that she will soon wed a wealthy and prominent man.

Typist: Susan

Unserious Contents or Definition

Nothing. Note, 'I don't care a fig,' etc.

Typist: Remington

Examples

Typist: Winfred

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