Fid

Quick meaning: Fid is a noun meaning (nautical) A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship).

Meaning

(nautical) A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship).

More Meanings

1. A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun.
2. A small thick piece of anything.
3. A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything.
4. (nautical, slang) The penis.
5. To support a topmast using a fid.
6. (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.

Example Sentences

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 […]

Word Forms

• fids
• fidding
• fidded

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