Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - fig

1. n. 1 a a soft pear-shaped fruit with many seeds, eaten fresh or dried. b (in full fig-tree) any deciduous tree of the genus Ficus, esp. F. carica, having broad leaves and bearing figs. 2 a valueless thing (don't care a fig for). Phrases and idioms fig-leaf 1 a leaf of a fig-tree. 2 a device for concealing something, esp. the genitals (Gen. 3:7). Etymology: ME f. OF figue f. Prov. fig(u)a ult. f. L ficus 2. n. & v. --n. 1 dress or equipment (in full fig). 2 condition or form (in good fig). --v.tr. (figged, figging) 1 (foll. by out) dress up (a person). 2 (foll. by out, up) make (a horse) lively. Etymology: var. of obs. feague (v.) f. G fegen: see FAKE(1)