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61fig — The tree is leafless in winter but puts out buds in February; leaves appear in April. expression of disappointment at finding no figs (Mark 11:12, 13, 20 f.) and his subsequent condemnation of the tree must be regarded as symbolic of a… …
62fig leaf — noun a leaf of a fig tree, often used for concealing the genitals in paintings and sculpture. Origin C16: with ref. to the story of Adam and Eve (Gen. 3:7) …
63fig leaf — /ˈfɪg lif/ (say fig leef) noun 1. the leaf of a fig tree, especially in allusion to that used to cover the nakedness of Adam and Eve. 2. something designed to conceal what is shameful or indecorous …
64Fig Tree microfossils — ▪ paleontology assemblage of microscopic structures uncovered in the Fig Tree Series, a rock layer at least three billion years old, exposed in South Africa. They apparently represent several organisms among the oldest known including a rod …
65fig out — verb put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera The young girls were all fancied up for the party • Syn: ↑overdress, ↑dress up, ↑fig up, ↑deck up, ↑gussy up, ↑ …
66fig up — verb put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera The young girls were all fancied up for the party • Syn: ↑overdress, ↑dress up, ↑fig out, ↑deck up, ↑gussy up, ↑ …
67fig scale — noun : an elongate armored scale (Lepidosaphes ficus) that is related to the typical oystershell scale and that feeds on fig trees …
68fig|ure-skate — figure skate, an ice skate with a slight toothed curve on the point of the blade and a high shoe, used for figure skating. fig|ure skate «FIHG yuhr SKAYT», intransitive verb, skat|ed, skat|ing. to engage in figure skating. –figure skater …
69fig Sunday — A nickname for *Palm Sunday, formerly common in Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire, where figs were eaten on this day, because Christ had wanted to eat some when travelling to Jerusalem (Mark 11: 12 14) (Wright and Lones, 1936: i. 59 9) …
70fig·u·ra·tive — /ˈfıgjərətıv/ adj 1 of words, language, etc. : used with a meaning that is different from the basic meaning and that expresses an idea in an interesting way by using language that usually describes something else : not literal The phrase “know… …
