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& p.
p. Fidgeted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fodgeting.] [From Fidge; cf. OE. fiken to
fidget, to flatter, Icel. fika to hasten, Sw. fika to
hunt after, AS. befician to deceive. Cf. Fickle.]
To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or
by fits and starts.
Moore.


Fidg"et, n. 1.
Uneasiness; restlessness. Cowper.


2. pl. A general nervous restlessness,
manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria.

Dunglison.


Fidg"et*i*ness (?), n. Quality of
being fidgety.


Fidg"et*y (?), a. Restless;
uneasy.
Lowell.


||Fid"i*a (?), n. [NL., prob. fr. L.
fidus trusty.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small
beetles, of which one species (the grapevine Fidia, F.
longipes
) is very injurious to vines in America.


Fi*dic"i*nal (?), a. [L.
fidicinus, fr. fidicen, -inis, a lute player.]
(Mus.


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