Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
FIDDLE
I. noun
Etymology: Middle English fidel, from Old English *fithele, probably from Medieval Latin vitula
Date: 13th century
violin , a device (as a slat, rack, or light railing) to keep objects from sliding off a table aboard ship, fiddlesticks, swindle ,
II. verb (fiddled; fiddling)
Date: 14th century
intransitive verb to play on a fiddle,
2. to move the hands or fingers restlessly, to spend time in aimless or fruitless activity ; putter , tinker , meddle , tamper , to make minor manual movements especially to adjust something , transitive verb to play (as a tune) on a fiddle, cheat , swindle , to alter or manipulate deceptively for fraudulent gain , fiddler noun