Fitch

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fitch \Fitch\, n. [Contr. of fitched.] (Zool.)
     The European polecat; also, its fur.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fitch
       n : dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off
           an unpleasant odor when threatened [syn: {polecat}, {foulmart},
            {foumart}, {Mustela putorius}]