fitch
NounUS[fich]/fɪtʃ/1 syllable
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)fitches
- dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatenedSynonyms: polecatfoulmartfoumartMustela putoriusType of musteline mammal, mustelidKinds ferretMember of Mustela, genus Mustela
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Fitch (?; 224), noun; pl. Fitches (#).
Origin: See Vetch.
1. Botany A vetch. obsolete
2. pl. Botany 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.
Fitch noun
Origin: Contr. of fitched.
Zoology The European polecat; also, its fur.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54