a. [f. FIG sb.1 + -LESS.] Without figs.
1623. T. Adams, Barren Tree, Wks. (1629), 968. The fruitlesse Vine, the sauourlesse Salt, the lightlesse Lampe, the Figlesse Figge-tree, the gracelesse Christian, is good for nothing.
a. [f. FIG sb.1 + -LESS.] Without figs.
1623. T. Adams, Barren Tree, Wks. (1629), 968. The fruitlesse Vine, the sauourlesse Salt, the lightlesse Lampe, the Figlesse Figge-tree, the gracelesse Christian, is good for nothing.