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English Dictionary: fitch by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fitch
n
  1. dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
    Synonym(s): polecat, fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius
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[94]l.)
      The European polecat; also, its fur.
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