Definitions for fidfɪd

fid^*fɪd(n.)

a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar to support a higher one.
Category: Nautical, Navy
a stout bar used to hold a running bowsprit in its extended position.
Category: Nautical, Navy

^* Naut..

1605–15; orig. uncert.

-fid

a combining form meaning “having parts or lobes” of the kind specified by the initial element:
bifid; pinnatifid.
Category: Affix

< L -fidus, der. of findere to split

fid.

fid(Noun)
A pointed tool without any sharp edges, used in weaving or knotwork to tighten and form up weaves or complex knots; used in sailing ships to open the strands of a rope before splicing. Compare marlinespike.
fid(Noun)
A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship).
fid(Noun)
A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun.
fid(Noun)
A small thick piece of anything.
fid(Noun)
A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything.
fid(Noun)
A naval euphemism for "penis", derived from the similarity of each of the above to the male reproductive organ.
fid(Verb)
To support a topmast using a fid.

Origin: Origin unknown.

Fid(noun)
a square bar of wood or iron, used to support the topmast, being passed through a hole or mortise at its heel, and resting on the trestle trees
Fid(noun)
a wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything
Fid(noun)
a pin of hard wood, tapering to a point, used to open the strands of a rope in splicing
Fid(noun)
a block of wood used in mounting and dismounting heavy guns

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