fig-sew

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪɡˌsjuː/, /ˈfɪɡˌsuː/

Noun

fig-sew (countable and uncountable, plural fig-sews)

1. (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