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<h1>Figment</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fig"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>figmentum</ets>, fr. <ets>fingere</ets> to form, shape, invent, feign. See <er>Feign</er>.]</ety> <def>An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined.</def>

<blockquote>Social <b>figments</b>, feints, and formalism. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It carried rather an appearance of <b>figment</b> and invention . . . than of truth and reality. <i>Woodward.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Pigpecker</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Pig"peck`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European garden warbler (<spn>Sylvia, &or; Currica, hortensis</spn>); -- called also <altname>beccafico</altname> and <altname>greater pettychaps</altname>.</def>

<h1>Fig-shell</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fig"-shell`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A marine univalve shell of the genus <spn>Pyrula</spn>, or <spn>Ficula</spn>, resembling a fig in form.</def>

<h1>Figulate, Figulated</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw><hw>Fig"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fig"u*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>figulatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>figulare</ets> to shape, fr. <ets>figulus</ets> potter, fr. <ets>fingere</ets> to shape.]</ety> <def>Made of potter's clay; molded; shaped.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Figuline</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fig"u*line</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>figulina</ets> pottery, fr. <ets>figulus</ets>. See <er>Figulate</er>.]</ety> <def>A piece of pottery ornamented with representations of natural objects.</def>

<blockquote>Whose <b>figulines</b> and rustic wares Scarce find him bread from day to day. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Figurability</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fig`ur*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>figurabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being figurable.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Figurable</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fig`ur*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>figurare</ets> to form, shape, fr. <ets>figura</ets> figure: cf. F. <ets>figurable</ets>. See <er>Figure</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.</def>

<blockquote>Lead is <b>figurable</b>, but water is not. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Figural</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fig"ur*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Figure</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; <as>as, <ex>figural</ex> ornaments</as>.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Figurate. See <er>Figurate</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Figural numbers</col>. <cd>See <cref>Figurate numbers</cref>, under <er>Figurate</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Figurant</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fig"u*rant`</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n. masc.</tt> <ety>[F., prop. p.pr. of <ets>figurer</ets> figure, represent, make a figure.]</ety> <def>One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene, without taking a prominent part.</def>

<h1>Figurante</h1> <Xpage=558>