Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The square hole in the heel of a topmast, or topgallantmast into which the fid is inserted.
Examples
“On deck all hell broke loose as they were striking the maintopmast half an hour later; the preventer top-rope reeved through the fid-hole parted at the very moment a deluge of warm rain beat down on the ship, so thick they could scarcely breathe, much less see.”
Lists
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Pseudo-seduction
With which to confuse innocent ladies (or gentlemen, if you prefer) who might be invited to don a coverslut and come to tour an adulterine castle. Plausible deniability through lexicographical obsc...
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
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chained_bear Sionnach, you should at least put a citation when quoting from an actual bodice-ripper.
Love it, you brilliant fox. :) Feb 24, 2008
reesetee Sionnach, you crack me up! Feb 23, 2008
thesuperiorbeing Whoa... sionnach. That's a strange quote you have yourself there. Feb 23, 2008
sionnach fid-hole and slimedraught sound kind of dirty ...
"He pressed his tumescent manhood against her capacious love-cavern, and thrusting grimly, like a nuzzling ungulate in rut, his slimedraught exploded into the waiting fid-hole. That was when the seagull hit him, right in the schnoz..." Feb 23, 2008
chained_bear "On deck all hell broke loose as they were striking the maintopmast half an hour later; the preventer top-rope reeved through the fid-hole parted at the very moment a deluge of warm rain beat down on the ship..."
—Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 345
See also fid. Feb 23, 2008