noun. A square bar used as a support for a topmast.

noun. A large tapering pin used to open the strands of a rope before splicing.

Nautical, to sway into place and secure (a topmast or topgallantmast) by its fid. Also fidd.

noun. A small thick lump.

noun. A piece or plug of tobacco.

noun. A bar of wood or metal used to support or steady anything.

noun. Nautical: A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, used to support a topmast or topgallantmast when swayed up into place. The fid passes through a square hole in the heel of its mast, and its ends rest on the trestletrees.

noun. A conical pin of hard wood, from 12 to 24 inches long, and from 1 to 3 inches in diameter at the butt, used to open the strands of rope in splicing.

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.

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

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

noun. A block of wood used in mounting and dismounting heavy guns.

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.

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

noun. A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun.

noun. A small thick piece of anything.

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

noun. A naval euphemism for "penis", derived from the similarity of each of the above to the male reproductive organ.

verb. To support a topmast using a fid.

"The fid is a wooden pin, to be passed through the staple when the doors are shut, to fasten them."

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