2. Consisting of one of fifty equal parts or divisions.
Fiftieth
(Fif"ti*eth), n. One of fifty equal parts; the quotient of a unit divided by fifty.
Fifty
(Fif"ty) a. [AS. fiftig; akin to OHG. finfzug, fimfzuc, G. fünfzig, funfzig, Goth. fimftigjus. See
Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifteen.] Five times ten; as, fifty men.
Fifty
(Fif"ty), n.; pl. Fifties
1. The sum of five tens; fifty units or objects.
2. A symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l.
Fig
(Fig) n. [F. figue the fruit of the tree, Pr. figa, fr. L. ficus fig tree, fig. Cf. Fico.]
1. (Bot.) 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.
2. The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors.
The fruit of a fig tree is really the hollow end of a stem, and bears numerous achenia inside the cavity.
Many species have little, hard, inedible figs, and in only a few does the fruit become soft and pulpy. The
fruit of the cultivated varieties is much prized in its fresh state, and also when dried or preserved. See
Caprification.
3. A small piece of tobacco. [U.S.]
4. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; — used in scorn or contempt. "A fig for Peter." Shak.
Cochineal fig.
See Conchineal fig. — Fig dust, a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged
birds. — Fig faun, one of a class of rural deities or monsters supposed to live on figs. "Therefore
shall dragons dwell there with the fig fauns." Jer. i. 39. — Fig gnat (Zoöl.), a small fly said to be
injurious to figs. — Fig leaf, the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first clothing of Adam and Eve a
covering for a thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate covering; a symbol for affected modesty.
— Fig marigold (Bot.), the name of several plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, some of which
are prized for the brilliancy and beauty of their flowers. — Fig tree (Bot.), any tree of the genus Ficus,
but especially F. Carica which produces the fig of commerce.
Fig
(Fig), v. t. [See Fico, Fig, n.]
1. To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico. [Obs.]
When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like
The bragging Spaniard.
Shak. 2. To put into the head of, as something useless o contemptible. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
Fig
(Fig), n. Figure; dress; array. [Colloq.]
Were they all in full fig, the females with feathers on their heads, the males with chapeaux bras?
Prof.
Wilson. Figaro
(||Fi`ga`ro") n. [From the name of the barber in Beaumarchais' "Barber of Seville."] An adroit and
unscrupulous intriguer.
Figary
(Fig"a*ry) n. [Corrupted fr. vagary.] A frolic; a vagary; a whim. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.