Definition of fig

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Fig (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..

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Sycamore :: Sycamore (n.) A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture..
Argent :: Argent (n.) The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface..
Figment :: Figment (n.) An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined.
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm..
Cast-iron :: Cast-iron (a.) Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding..
Amadavat :: Amadavat (n.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill..
Kite :: Kite (n.) Fig. : One who is rapacious.
Dissection :: Dissection (n.) Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
Perimeter :: Perimeter (n.) The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all the sides..
Sternite :: Sternforemost (adv.) With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner..
Mortgage :: Mortgage (v. t.) Hence: To pledge, either literally or figuratively; to make subject to a claim or obligation..
Salient :: Salient (v. i.) Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable..
Opuntia :: Opuntia (n.) A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig..
Knuckle :: Knuckle (n.) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom..
Eloquence :: Eloquence (n.) Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech.
Tournure :: Tournure (n.) Turn; contour; figure.
Circle :: Circle (n.) The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.
High :: High (superl.) Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection.
Tension :: Tension (a.) Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.
Build :: Build (n.) Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship..
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