figging
The English word “figging” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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).
- (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.
Etymology
Generally thought to derive from feaguing.
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