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FIT n. 19 definitions
In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus. [Written also fitte, fytte, etc.] To play some pleasant fit. Spenser.
FITCH n. 3 definitions
A vetch. [Obs.]
FITCHE a.
Sharpened to a point; pointed. Cross fitché, a cross having the lower arm pointed.
FITCHED a.
Fitché. [Also fiched.]
FITCHET; FITCHEW n.
The European polecat (Putorius foetidus). See Polecat.
FITCHY a. 2 definitions
Having fitches or vetches.
FITFUL a.
Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable. After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well. Shak. -- Fit"ful*ly, adv. -- Fit"ful*ness, n. The victorius trumpet peal Dies fitfully away. Macaulay.
FITHEL; FITHUL n.
A fiddle [Obs.] Chaucer.
FITLY adv.
In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied.
FITMENT n.
The act of fitting; that which is proper or becoming; equipment. [Obs.] Shak.
FITNESS n.
The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office.
FITT n.
See 2d Fit.
FITTABLE a.
Suitable; fit. [Obs.] Sherwood.
FITTEDNESS n.
The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
FITTER n. 3 definitions
One who fits or makes to fit; esp.: (a) One who tries on, and adjusts, articles of dress. (b) One who fits or adjusts the different parts of machinery to each other.
FITTING n. 3 definitions
Anything used in fitting up; especially (pl.),
FITWEED n.
A plant (Eryngium foetidum) supposed to be a remedy for fits.
FITZ n.
indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; as, Fitzroy, the son of the king; Fitzclarence, the son of the duke of Clarence.
BEFIT v.
To be suitable to; to suit; to become. That name best befits thee. Milton.
BEFITTING a.
Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.
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