Such a little figent thing.
Beau. & Fl.
Fig"gum (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A juggler's trick; conjuring.
[Obs.]
The devil is the author of wicked figgum.
B. Jonson.
Fight (ft), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fought (ft); p. pr. & vb. n. Fighting.]
[OE. fihten, fehten, AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G.
fechten, Sw. f‰kta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare to
fight, pugnus fist.] 1. To strive or contend 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.
You do fight against your country's foes.
Shak.
To fight with thee no man of arms will deign.
Milton.
2. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend;
to strive; to make resistance.
To fight shy, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out
of reach.
Fight, 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.
He had to fight his way through the world.
Macaulay.