fico (feko)

[It., a fig, Behold, next I see Contempt marching forth, giving mee the fico with his thombe in his mouth. Wits Miserie, 1596. ( Hall i well .) Convey, the wise it call: Steal! foh; a fico for the phrase. Shak., M. W. of W., i. 3. The lie, to a man of my coat, is as ominous a fruit as the fico . B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, ii. 2. For wealth he is of my addiction, and bid's a fico for 't. Marston, The Fawne, i. 2. ficoid (fi'koid), a. [L. ficus , a fig, + Gr. εἶδος , form.] Resembling a fig; ficoidal.