Fid vs Wid - What's the difference?
fid | wid |
(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.
(nautical) A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship).
A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun.
A small thick piece of anything.
A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything.
A naval euphemism for "penis", derived from the similarity of each of the above to the male reproductive organ.
(informal, or, dialectal) with
* 1893, , Maggie: A Girl of the Streets [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=vQi_d7a7sZoC&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&sig=N8UFY9cvyaBxRcr0Asm4JuLf9Y8]
* 1922, , The Hairy Ape, [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=Z2ZgNkU5r18C&pg=PA258&lpg=PA258&sig=_ZQWa7a1p_C4jGCG0woMSdujZhw]
* 1940, Shirley Graham, “It’s Morning,” in Black Female Playwrights, Kathy A Perkins ed. [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=ZV3afTMMSHsC&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&sig=32zaTsB-Xv0Yi-dHcTbtr-8rNCA]
As a noun fid
is (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.As a verb fid
is to support a topmast using a fid.As a preposition wid is
(informal|or|dialectal) with.fid
English
(wikipedia fid)Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ---- ==Volapük==Declension
(vo-decl-noun)Derived terms
* fidacem ----wid
English
Alternative forms
* wif (informal) * with * wiv (informal)Preposition
(English prepositions)- “An’ wid' all d’ bringin’ up she had, how could she?” moaningly she asked of her son. “'''Wid''' all d’ talkin’ ' wid her I did an’ d’ t’ings I tol’ her to remember. When a girl is bringed up d’ way I bringed up Maggie, how kin she go teh d’ devil?”
- Oh, there was fine beautiful ships them days—clippers wid tall masts touching the sky—fine strong men in them—men that was sons of the sea as if ’twas the mother that bore them.
- Cissie. But, when da saints ob God go marchin’ home
- Mah gal will sing! Wid all da pure, bright stars,
- Tuhgedder wid da mawnin’ stars—She’ll sing!