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fid

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–noun Nautical.
1. a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
2. a stout bar used to hold a running bowsprit in its extended position.
3. a wooden or metal pin for parting strands of a rope.
4. a bar or pin used as a key or toggle.
Origin:
1605–15; orig. uncert.

-fid

 
a combining form meaning “divided,” “lobed,” occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin (bifid); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (pinnatifid).
Origin:
< L -fidus divided, equiv. to -fid- (var. s. of findere to split) + -us adj. suffix

fid.

 
fiduciary.
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fid   (fĭd)   
n.  
  1. Nautical A square bar used as a support for a topmast.
  2. A large tapering pin used to open the strands of a rope before splicing.

[Origin unknown.]
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Fid

Fid\, n. [Prov. E. fid a small, thick lump.]

1. (Naut.) 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.

2. A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything.

3. A pin of hard wood, tapering to a point, used to open the strands of a rope in splicing.

Note: There are hand fids and standing fids (which are larger than the others, and stand upon a flat base). An iron implement for this purpose is called a marline spike.

4. (Mil.) A block of wood used in mounting and dismounting heavy guns.
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Main Entry: FID
Function: abbreviation
free induction decay
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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FID
free induction decay
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