-fid suffix. [fɪd]
[Latin -fidus split: see TRIFID.]
Forming adjectives with the sense 'divided into a specified number of parts', as quadrifid, or (in Botany) 'divided in a specified way', as palmatifid.

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fid noun & verb. [fɪd] E17.
[Origin unkn.]
Chiefly Nautical.
A. noun.
1. A conical pin used to open the strands of rope in splicing. E17.

2. A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun. E17.

3. A square wooden or metal bar to support a topmast or topgallant; a bar used to support or steady anything. M17.

4. A small thick piece of anything; a bundle, a heap, a pile. In pl., lots. dial. & colloq. M19.
b. verb trans. Infl. -dd-. Fix (a topmast etc.) with a fid. E18.

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