figgnat

Entom.: Culex ficarius, a species of gnat. fig-leaf, s. 1. Lit.: The leaf of a fig-tree. "The objector makes himself diversion about their sewing fi j - leaves together." -Water land : Works , vi. 36. marine; gō, põt, *2. Fig .: A covering adopted in an emergency; a flimsy covering, from the use made of the fig-leaf in statuary to conceal nakedne . "What pitiful Ag - leaves, what sensele and ridiculous shifts are these?" -South: Sermons, ii. 295.