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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.
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-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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: FID
Function: abbreviation
free induction decay
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
FID
free induction decay
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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