figging

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === Generally thought to derive from feaguing. ==== Noun ==== figging (uncountable) 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). ===== Related terms ===== fig (verb) === Etymology 2 === From fig +‎ -ing. ==== Noun ==== figging (uncountable) (soap-making, dated) (Development of) white streaks or granulations in soap, a natural development in some soaps once considered a sign of quality and therefore sometimes artificially imitated. [mid-19th–mid-20th c.] ===== See also ===== ricing ==== Verb ==== figging present participle and gerund of fig