Fiducial edge(Astron. & Surv.), the straight edge of the alidade or ruler along which a straight line is to be drawn. — Fiducialline or point(Math. & Physics.), a line or point of reference, as for setting a graduated circle or scale used for measurments.

Fiducially
(Fi*du"cial*ly), adv. With confidence. South.

Fiduciary
(Fi*du"ci*a*ry) a. [L. fiduciarus, fr. fiducia: cf. F. fiduciaire. See Fiducial.]

1. Involving confidence or trust; confident; undoubting; faithful; firm; as, in a fiduciary capacity. "Fiduciary obedience." Howell.

2. Holding, held, or founded, in trust. Spelman.

Fiduciary
(Fi*du"ci*a*ry), n.

party to which one is bound; loyalty.

Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger.
Macaulay.

The best security for the fidelity of men is to make interest coincide with duty.
A. Hamilton.

(b) Adherence to the marriage contract. (c) Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty.

The principal thing required in a witness is fidelity.
Hooker.

Syn. — Faithfulness; honesty; integrity; faith; loyalty; fealty.

Fides
(||Fi"des) n. [L., faith.] (Roman Muth.) Faith personified as a goddess; the goddess of faith.

Fidge
(Fidge) n. & v. i. See Fidget. [R.] Swift.

Fidget
(Fidg"et) v. i. [imp. & 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.

Fidget
(Fidg"et), n.

1. Uneasiness; restlessness. Cowper.

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

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

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

Fidia
(||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.

Fidicinal
(Fi*dic"i*nal) a. [L. fidicinus, fr. fidicen, -inis, a lute player.] (Mus.) Of or pertaining to a stringed instrument.

Fiducial
(Fi*du"cial) a. [L. fiducia trust, confidence; akin to fides faith. See Faith.]

1. Having faith or trust; confident; undoubting; firm. "Fiducial reliance on the promises of God." Hammond.

2. Having the nature of a trust; fiduciary; as, fiducial power. Spelman.

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