figging noun2 •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). •(old-fashioned) (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.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., [...] — 1918
