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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fitch \Fitch\ (?; 224), n.; pl {Fitches}. [See {Vetch}.] 1. (Bot.) A vetch. [Obs.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fitch \Fitch\, n. [Contr. of fitched.] (Zo["o]l.) The European polecat; also its fur. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fitch n : dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened [syn: {polecat}, {foulmart}, {foumart}, {Mustela putorius}]
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