Fitchew

2 definitions found

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

  Foumart \Fou"mart`\, n. [OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. f[=u]l foul +
     mear[eth], meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See {Foul},
     a., and {Marten} the quadruped.] (Zool.)
     The European polecat; -- called also {European ferret}, and
     {fitchew}. See {Polecat}. [Written also {foulmart},
     {foulimart}, and {fulimart}.]


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

  Fitchet \Fitch"et\, Fitchew \Fitch"ew\, n. [Cf. OF. fisseau,
     fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome,
     E. fizz.] (Zool.)
     The European polecat ({Putorius f[oe]tidus}). See {Polecat}.
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