Figging

"Figging...To treat a horse in such a way as to make the animal appear lively, as by putting a piece of ginger into the anus."
— Imperial Dictionary of the English Language, 1883.[1]

>>2
http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&safe=off&source=hp&q=site:en.wikipedia.org+%22into+the+anus%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=5304212dfdd8a916&biw=1440&bih=802
doesn't take an army