Obs. rare. [f. FIG sb.1] trans. only in † To fig away (a person): to get rid of by means of a poisoned fig. Obs. Cf. FIG sb.1 2.
1609. Bp. W. Barlow, Answ. Nameless Cath., 23. Cardinalls, Allen and Tollet; yea Pope Sixtus Quintus himselfe, all figg’d away in a trice, for crossing, at least not seruing the Iesuites humours in their designements. Ibid., 109. What an excellent veine both Popes haue in Figging each other away.
