{ }, n. a sport of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- still popular in Spain, Portugal and Latin American. In the Spanish version a matador kills the bull with a sword after the bull has been weakened by wounds from small barbed rods, and after he has displayed courage and artistic skill in causing the bull to charge many times while he stands still or nearly still. In some versions the bull is not killed. Occasionally the matador is wounded or killed by the bull. -- Bull"fight`er n.
Syn. -- corrida. [1913 Webster +PJC]

n. the activity at a bullfight. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One accustomed to bushfighting. Parkman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Camp, n., 6. ] (O. Eng. Law.) A duel; the decision of a case by a duel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Naut.) Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A match or contest of gamecocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Addicted to cockfighting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. configuratus, p. p. of configurare to form or after; con- + figurare to form, figura form. See Figure. ] To take form or position, as the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

Known by the name of uniformity;
Where pyramids to pyramids relate
And the whole fabric doth configurate. Jordan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. configuratio. ] 1. Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing; shape; figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is the variety of configurations [ of the mouth ] . . . which gives birth and origin to the several vowels. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astrol.) Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time. [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ astrologers ] undertook . . . to determine the course of a man's character and life from the configuration of the stars at the moment of his birth. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Psychol.) an approach to psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties.
Syn. -- Gestalt psychology. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Configured p. pr. & vb. n. Configuring. ] [ L. configurare: cf. F. configurer. See Configurate. ] To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disfiguration; mutilation. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. de- (intens.) + figure. ] To delineate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

These two stones as they are here defigured. Weever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Disfigure, and cf. Defiguration. ] The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement. Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disfigured p. pr. & vb. n. Disfiguring. ] [ OF. desfigurer, F. défigurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See Figure, and cf. Defiguration. ] To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. Milton.

Syn. -- To deface; deform; mar; injure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disfigurement; deformity. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having the appearance spoiled; as, a disfigured face; strip mining left a disfigured landscape. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disfigures. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to an effigy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. effigiatus, p. p. of effigiare to form, fr. effigies. See Effigy. ] To form as an effigy; hence, to fashion; to adapt. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He must ] effigiate and conform himself to those circumstances. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LL. effigiatio. ] The act of forming in resemblance; an effigy. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] See Effigy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Effigies [ L. effigies, fr. effingere to form, fashion; ex + fingere to form, shape, devise. See Feign. ] The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits. [ 1913 Webster ]

To burn in effigy, or
To hang in effigy, to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } [ Turk. eleme anything which has been sifted and freed from dust or broken parts. ] A kind of figs of superior quality. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. figue the fruit of the tree, Pr. figa, fr. L. ficus fig tree, fig. Cf. Fico. ] 1. (Bot.) A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The fruit of a fig tree is really the hollow end of a stem, and bears numerous achenia inside the cavity. Many species have little, hard, inedible figs, and in only a few does the fruit become soft and pulpy. The fruit of the cultivated varieties is much prized in its fresh state, and also when dried or preserved. See Caprification. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A small piece of tobacco. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt. “A fig for Peter.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cochineal fig. See Conchineal fig. --
Fig dust, a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged birds. --
Fig faun, one of a class of rural deities or monsters supposed to live on figs. “Therefore shall dragons dwell there with the fig fauns.” Jer. i. 39. (Douay version). --
Fig gnat (Zool.), a small fly said to be injurious to figs. --
Fig leaf, the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate covering; a symbol for affected modesty. --
Fig marigold (Bot.), the name of several plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, some of which are prized for the brilliancy and beauty of their flowers. --
Fig tree (Bot.), any tree of the genus Ficus, but especially F. Carica which produces the fig of commerce. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Fico, Fig, n. ] 1. To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like
The bragging Spaniard. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put into the head of, as something useless o&unr_; contemptible. [ Obs. ] L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Figure; dress; array. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Were they all in full fig, the females with feathers on their heads, the males with chapeaux bras? Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ From the name of the barber in Beaumarchais' “Barber of Seville.” ] An adroit and unscrupulous intriguer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted fr. vagary. ] A frolic; a vagary; a whim. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fidgety; restless. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such a little figent thing. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] A juggler's trick; conjuring. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The devil is the author of wicked figgum. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fought 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 contened 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

You do fight against your country's foes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To fight with thee no man of arms will deign. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance. [ 1913 Webster ]

To fight shy, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had to fight his way through the world. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have fought a good fight. 2 Tim. iv. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

To fight it out, to fight until a decisive and conclusive result is reached. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who now defies thee thrice to single fight. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A struggle or contest of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A screen for the combatants in ships. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Running fight, a fight in which the enemy is continually chased; also, one which continues without definite end or result.

Syn. -- Combat; engagement; contest; struggle; encounter; fray; affray; action; conflict. See Battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. feohtere. ] 1. One who fights; a combatant; a warrior. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A boxer; a pugilist. [ PJC ]

3. A person with the determination and will to persist through great difficulty to achieve a goal; one with the courage to fight and resist an opponent, and to struggle with all one's powers. [ PJC ]

4. (Mil.) A military aircraft designed to seek out and destroy enemy aircraft; it is usually smaller and more maneuvarable than aircraft designed specifically for bombing. However, hybrid fighter-bomber aircraft that perform both functions also are used. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Qualified for war; fit for battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

An host of fighting men. 2 Chron. xxvi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. [ Colloq. ] --
Fighting crab (Zool.), the fiddler crab. --
Fighting fish (Zool.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Pugnaciously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fight + wite. ] (O.Eng. Law) A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The leaf from a fig tree. [ PJC ]

2. An ornamental design shaped like the leaf of a fig tree, used in architecture; also, a design shaped like a fig leaf to cover genitalia in sculpture or paintings -- in reference to the biblical story in Genesis of Adam and Eve, who covered their privates with fig leaves. [ PJC ]

3. Hence: [ figurative ] Anything used to conceal what is considered embarrassing or indecent. See sense 2. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. figmentum, fr. fingere to form, shape, invent, feign. See Feign. ] An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined. [ 1913 Webster ]

Social figments, feints, and formalism. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

It carried rather an appearance of figment and invention . . . than of truth and reality. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European garden warbler (Sylvia hortensis or Currica, hortensis); -- called also beccafico and greater pettychaps. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form.

{ , a. [ L. figulatus, p. p. of figulare to shape, fr. figulus potter, fr. fingere to shape. ] Made of potter's clay; molded; shaped. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. figulina pottery, fr. figulus. See Figulate. ] A piece of pottery ornamented with representations of natural objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose figulines and rustic wares
Scarce find him bread from day to day. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. figulinus. See Figulate. ] 1. Suitable for the making of pottery; fictile; -- said of clay. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Made of clay, as by the potter; -- said of vessels, ornamental figures, or the like; as, figuline ware. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]