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Old 01-12-2006, 02:14 PM   #12 (permalink)
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The word fig is probably a simplified spelling of the word feague, which referred to gingering a listless horse before showing it to a buyer. A 1913 edition of Webster's dictionary defines feague as an obsolete word meaning to beat, whip, or drive.
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