fighting stopper (fit ings top"er)

Naut., a contrivance, consisting of two wooden deadeyes and a rope lanyard, for quickly securing any standing rigging shot away in action. fight ward (fit'wärd), adv. To a battle. [Rare.] To fight ward they go as to feast ward. Fortnightly Rev. , N. S., XLIII, 168. fightwitet (fit'wit), n. [Repr. AS. fyhtwite , feoht , fight, + wite, fine.] In old law , a fine imposed for disturbing the peace by a quarrel.