figging
The insertion of ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra, applied to people as a punishment (typically in BDSM), or to horses to make them deceptively lively (feaguing).
Noun
- The insertion of ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra, applied to people as a punishment (typically in BDSM), or to horses to make them deceptively lively (feaguing).
Origin
Generally thought to derive from feaguing.
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Noun dated, uncountable
- white streaks or granulations in soap, a natural development in some soaps once considered a sign of quality and therefore sometimes artificially imitated.
- Figging is usually considered to indicate a good quality of soft soap, but such is really not the case. A first-class soft soap can be made which will not fig, while, on the other hand, a poor soap can be produced which...
- The figging is probably due to the separation of the potash salts of some of the fatty acids having a high solidifying point, i. e., [...] - 1918, The Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association:
- Artificial figging was at one time produced by dispersing insoluble fillers in the base. - 1949, Soap, Cosmetics, Chemical Specialties, volume 25, page 42:
Origin
From fig + -ing.
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Verb
- present participle and gerund of fig