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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FI'CO, n. An act of contempt done with the fingers, expressing a fig for you.

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural ficoes) Etymology: obsolete fico, obscene gesture of contempt, modification of Italian fica fig, vulva, gesture of contempt, from Vulgar Latin *fica fig — more at fig Date: 1585 archaic fig 2

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fico Fi"co, n.; pl. Ficoes. [It., a fig, fr. L. ficus. See Fig.] A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. A fig for you. Steal! foh, a fico for the phrase. --Shak.