'Fitch' definitions:
Definition of 'fitch'
(from WordNet)
noun
Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened [syn: polecat, fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius]
Definition of 'Fitch'
From: GCIDE
- Fitch \Fitch\, n. [Contr. of fitched.] (Zool.) The European polecat; also, its fur. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fitch'
From: GCIDE
- Fitch \Fitch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. Fitches. [See Vetch.]
- 1. (Bot.) A vetch. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]