fidge

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FIDGE, FIDG'ET, verb intransitive [allied probably to fickle.] To move one way and the other; to move irregularly or in fits and starts. [A low word.] FIDG'ET, noun Irregular motion; restlessness. [Vulgar.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign