The insertion of ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra, originally applied to slaves and prisoners as a punishment, then to horses as a form of deception as to the horse's condition, and later used in BDSM.

(soap-making, dated) (Development of) white streaks or granulations in soap, a natural development in some soaps once considered a sign of quality and therefore sometimes artificially imitated.

present participle of fig

A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. / The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds. / A small piece of tobacco.

(obsolete) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. / (obsolete) To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.

(intransitive) To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.

Abbreviation of figure. (diagram or illustration) / (colloquial, dated) A person's figure; dress or appearance.

(colloquial, dated, transitive) To dress; to get oneself up a certain way.

(transitive, rare) To insert a ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra of (a horse): to perform figging upon; to feague, to feak.

The piece of ginger root used in figging.