A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument.
Synonym of workaround, a quick and less than perfect solution for some flaw or problem.
A rack for drying pottery after glazing.
Synonym of clown: an unserious person entertaining a group.
Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.
Synonym of violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow; the position of a violinist in a band; (usually proscribed) any of various bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc.
To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.
To cheat or swindle; to commit fraud.
Synonym of tinker, to make small adjustments or improvements.
To fidget or play; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness.
One who plays the fiddle.
One who fiddles; a cheat.
A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, 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.
A large species of cicada, Macrotristria angularis, of eastern Australia; cherry nose.
The common European sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos); so called because it habitually wags its tail up and down resembling the back and forth movement of a fiddler.