Meaning of figging | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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).
   uncountable
2. (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.
   dated, uncountable

Examples

“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 will fig.”

“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., [...]”

“Artificial figging was at one time produced by dispersing insoluble fillers in the base.”

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