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8 words match “FITCHE”

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.
FENNEL n.
tiva furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment, etc., in India. These seeds are the "fitches" mentioned in Isaiah (xxviii. 25). -- Fennel water (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It is stimulant and carminative. -- Giant fennel (Ferula communis), has stems full of pith, which, it is said, were used to c…
FITCHY a.
Having fitches or vetches.
FOUMART n.
The European polecat; -- called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat. [Written also foulmart, foulimart, and fulimart.]
POLECAT n.
s). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret.
SWARD n.
grass; turf. The sward was trim as any garden lawn. Tennyson. Sward pork, bacon in large fitches. [Prov. Eng.]