1.
[syn: polecat, fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fitch \Fitch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. Fitches. [See Vetch.]
1. (Bot.) A vetch. [Obs.]
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2. pl. (Bot.) A word found in the Authorized Version of the
Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah
xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of
Nigella sativa, still used as a flavoring in the East.
In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fitch \Fitch\, n. [Contr. of fitched.] (Zool.)
The European polecat; also, its fur.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fitch
n 1: dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off
an unpleasant odor when threatened [syn: polecat,
fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius]