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<hw>Fig</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fico</er>, <er>Fig</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See <er>Fico</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>When Pistol lies, do this, and <b>fig</b> me like The bragging Spaniard. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To put into the head of, as something useless o<?/ contemptible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

<h1>Fig</h1> <Xpage=557>

<hw>Fig</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Figure; dress; array.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>Were they all in full <b>fig</b>, the females with feathers on their heads, the males with chapeaux bras? <i>Prof. Wilson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Figaro</h1> <Xpage=557>

<hw>Fi`ga`ro"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From the name of the barber in Beaumarchais' "Barber of Seville."]</ety> <def>An adroi<?/ and unscrupulous intriguer.</def>

<h1>Figary</h1> <Xpage=557>

<hw>Fig"a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted fr. <ets>vagary</ets>.]</ety> <def>A frolic; a vagary; a whim.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Figeater</h1> <Xpage=557>

<hw>Fig"eat`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A large beetle (<spn>Allorhina nitida</spn>) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A bird. See <er>Figpecker</er>.</def>

<h1>Figent</h1> <Xpage=557>

<hw>Fig"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fidgety; restless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Such a little <b>figent</b> thing. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Figgum</h1> <Xpage=557>

<hw>Fig"gum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>A juggler's trick; conjuring.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The devil is the author of wicked <b>figgum</b>. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fight</h1> <Xpage=557>

<hw>Fight</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fought</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fighting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>fihten</ets>, <ets>fehten</ets>, AS. <ets>feohtan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vechten</ets>, OHG. <ets>fehtan</ets>, G. <ets>fechten</ets>, Sw. <ets>f\'84kta</ets>, Dan. <ets>fegte</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>fist</ets>; cf. L. <ets>pugnare</ets> to fight, <ets>pugnus</ets> fist.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by <i>with</i> or <i>against</i>.</def>

<blockquote>You do <b>fight</b> against your country's foes. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>fight</b> with thee no man of arms will deign. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.</def>

<cs><col>To fight shy</col>, <cd>to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fight</h1> <Xpage=557>

<hw>Fight</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.</def>