Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FID
FID, n.
- A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, used to support the top-mast, when erected at the head of the lower mast. Mar. Dict.
- A pin of hard wood or iron, tapering to a point, used to open the strands of a rope in splising. Mar. Dict.
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