fitch

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of fitchew.

Noun

fitch (plural fitches)

1. The European polecat, Mustela putorius.
2. The skin of the polecat

Translations

European polecat — see European polecat

Etymology 2

See vetch.

Noun

fitch

1. (obsolete) 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. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads "spelt".

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.