Figeater
(Fig"eat`er) n. (Zoöl.) (a) A large beetle (Allorhina nitida) which in the Southern United States
destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders. (b) A bird. See Figpecker.
Figent
(Fig"ent) a. Fidgety; restless. [Obs.]
Such a little figent thing.
Beau. & Fl. Figgum
(Fig"gum) n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A juggler's trick; conjuring. [Obs.]
The devil is the author of wicked figgum.
B. Jonson. Fight
(Fight) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fought (f&addt); p. pr. & vb. n. Fighting.] [OE. fihten, fehten, AS.
feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw. fäkta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf.
L. pugnare to fight, pugnus fist.]
1. To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy
an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; — followed by with or against.
You do fight against your country's foes.
Shak.
To fight with thee no man of arms will deign.
Milton. 2. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
To fight shy, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach.
Fight
(Fight), v. t.
1. To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by
fighting, as a cause.
He had to fight his way through the world.
Macaulay.
I have fought a good fight.
2 Tim. iv. 7. 2. To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop
fought the frigate for three hours.
3. To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.
To fight it out, to fight until a decisive and conclusive result is reached.
Fight
(Fight), n. [OE. fight, feht, AS. feoht. See Fight, v. i.]
1. A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between
individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc.
Who now defies thee thrice to single fight.
Milton. 2. A struggle or contest of any kind.
3. Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him. [Colloq.]
4. A screen for the combatants in ships. [Obs.]
Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare.
Dryden.
