fid

See also: Fid.

English

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪd/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ɪd

Noun

fid (plural fids)

A fid in use aboard the USS John C. Stennis.

1. (nautical) 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.
2. (nautical) A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship).
3. A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun.
4. A small thick piece of anything.
   • 1872, The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature

     Four — dreadfully unclad — men, carefully oiled, to protect their skin against the great heat, are moving about with long iron spoons, stirring here and mixing there, or kneading into little fids various compounds of coarse sugar and rancid butter […]

5. A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything.
6. (nautical, slang) The penis.

Verb

fid (third-person singular simple present fids, present participle fidding, simple past and past participle fidded)

1. To support a topmast using a fid.

Anagrams

• DFI, DIF, FDI, IDF, dif

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Volapük

Noun

fid (nominative plural fids)

1. food

Declension

declension of fid

	singular	plural
nominative	fid	fids
genitive	fida	fidas
dative	fide	fides
accusative	fidi	fidis
vocative 1	o fid!	o fids!
predicative 2	fidu	fidus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• fidacan (“comestible”), fidacans (“comestibles”)
• fidacem (“dining room”)
• fidalecem (“dining hall, (hotel) dining room, refectory”)
• fidalöläd (“cover, place setting”)
• fidaspun (“tablespoon”)
• fidastafil (“chopstick”)
• fidasälun (“dining parlour”)
• fidatab (“dining table”)
• fided (“dinner, lunch”)
• fidedagefem (“table or dinner service”)
• fidedastömem (“dinner tableware, dishes”)
• fidedön (“to dine, have a meal”)
• fidot (“something eaten, item eaten”)
• fidovik (“edible, eatable”)
• fidäd (“meal (in general”)
• fidädakad (“menu (table d'hôte)”)
• fidön (“to eat”)
• fidüp (“mealtime”)

 

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Welsh

Verb

fid

1. Soft mutation of bid.