a. [f. FIG sb.1 + -Y1.]
1. Resembling figs, sweet as figs; in quot fig.
1548. Hooper, Declar. 10 Commandm., iv. 39. Agentle, swete, and fyggie god that winkithe, and will not see thabhomination.
2. Made with figs i.e., raisins; see FIG sb.1 5.
1846. Spec. Cornish Dial., 53. A thoomping figgy pudden.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Figgie-dowdie, a west-country pudding, made with raisins, and much in vogue at sea among the Cornish and Devon men.
3. In Soap-making: Containing white granulations, like the seeds of figs, of stearate of potash.
1862. O’Neill, Dyeing & Calico Print., 185/1. The quality of soft soap is thought to depend in some measure upon the existence of white particles diffused through the mass, producing the appearance called ‘figgy.’
