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fitch.

A polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America.

  2. A skin of a polecat.

Where this word comes from

Shortening of fitchew, or directly borrowed from its antecedent, Middle Dutch vitsche (“polecat”). More at fitchew.

noun
  1. A kind of twisted open weave in wickerwork.

Where this word comes from

From fitch due to the similarity to the striped or mottled pattern of polecat fur.

verb
  1. To use this kind of open weave.

Where this word comes from

From fitch due to the similarity to the striped or mottled pattern of polecat fur.

noun
  1. Alternative form of vetch.

    alt-of · alternative · obsolete
Where this word comes from

See vetch.

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