fig-sew

English

Etymology

From fig +‎ sew (“broth, gravy, juice”).

Noun

fig-sew (plural fig-sews)

(dialectal, historical) Ale boiled with wheaten bread and figs, a common Good Friday dish.

References

A Glossary of the Dialect of the Hundred of Lonsdale, North and South of the Sands, in the County of Lancaster

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