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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle.</def>

<blockquote>Talking, and <b>fiddling</b> with their hats and feathers. <i>Pepys.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fiddle</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fid"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To play (a tune) on a fiddle.</def>

<h1>Fiddledeedee</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fid"dle*dee*dee`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <def>An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to <i>nonsense</i>!</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Foddle-faddle</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fod"dle-fad`dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A trifle; trifling talk; nonsense.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Spectator.</i>

<h1>Fiddle-faddle</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fid"dle-fad`dle</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To talk nonsense.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Ford.</i>

<h1>Fiddler</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fid"dler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fi<?/elere</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who plays on a fiddle or violin.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A burrowing crab of the genus <spn>Gelasimus</spn>, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also <altname>calling crab</altname>, <altname>soldier crab</altname>, and <altname>fighting crab</altname>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The common European sandpiper (<spn>Tringoides hypoleucus</spn>); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body.</def>

<cs><col>Fiddler crab</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Fiddler</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fiddle-shaped</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fid"dle-shaped`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Fiddlestick</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fid"dle*stick`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow.</def>

<h1>Fiddlestring</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fid"dle*string`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the catgut strings of a fiddle.</def>

<h1>Fiddlewood</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fid"dle*wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted fr. F. bois-<ets>fid\'8ale</ets>, lit., faithful wood; -- so called from its durability.]</ety> <def>The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus <spn>Citharexylum</spn>.</def>

<h1>Fidejussion</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fi`de*jus"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fidejussio</ets>, from <ets>fidejubere</ets> to be surety or bail; <ets>fides</ets> faith + <ets>jubere</ets> to order: cf. F. <ets>fid\'82jussion</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld> <def>The act or state of being bound as surety for another; suretyship.</def>