Fig

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·noun Figure; dress; array.

II. Fig ·noun A small piece of tobacco.

III. Fig ·noun To put into the head of, as something useless o/ contemptible.

IV. Fig ·noun The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico;

— used in scorn or contempt.

V. Fig ·noun To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. ·see Fico.

VI. Fig ·noun The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors.

VII. Fig ·noun 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.

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