fitch noun¹. [fɪtʃ] obsolete exc. dial. LME.
[Var. of VETCH.]
A vetch, any of various plants of the genus Vicia and allied genera; spec. V. sativa, grown for fodder (usu. in pl.).

► In AV fitches is used to render the Hebrew name of two non-leguminous cultivated plants: black cumin, Nigella sativa (Isaiah 28:25), and spelt, Triticum spelta (Ezekiel 4:9).

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fitch noun². [fɪtʃ] LME.
[Early Dutch fisse, visse, vitsche: cf. FITCHEW.]
1. The fur or hair of the polecat. LME.

2. A polecat. Now dial. L15.

3. In full fitch-brush. A brush made of polecat hair or hog's or other similar hair. M19.

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fitch noun³. [fɪtʃ] E20.
[Origin unkn.]
Basket-making. A kind of plait in which two canes are twisted together in the same direction so as to enclose a crossing weft at each half-turn.

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fitch verb. [fɪtʃ] Scot. & north. L15.
[App. intermediate between FYKE verb and FIDGE verb.]
1. verb trans. Change the place of; shift. L15.

2. verb intrans. Move in small spurts from place to place. E17.

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