14586.
The mariner’s mirror
99/3 (2013)
The Society for Nautical Research
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Sayers
(William): Fid and marlinspike: etymologies.
In
99/3
(2013), pp. 334–337.
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fid
‘a conical pin of hard wood ...' < Ir.
fiodh
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