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Strong desire; passion. (Archaic.) Some people have a letch for unmasking impostors, or for avenging the wrongs of others. De Quincey.

See Leachy.

To feather, as an arrow. Bp. Warburton. [Congress] fletched their complaint, by adding: "America loved his brother." Bancroft.

One who fletches of feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows and arrows. [Obs.] Mortimer.

orning; every morning. [Obs.] And have such pleasant walks into the woods A-mornings. J. Fletcher.

An ensign; a standard bearer. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.

nd of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain. J. Fletcher.

Of or pertaining to the Alps. [R.] "The Alpen snow." J. Fletcher.

Appearance. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.

e of the ejaculation "Ay me !" [Obs.] See Ay, interj. "Aymees and hearty heigh-hoes." J. Fletcher.

Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. [Obs.] Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend. Fletcher.

To corrupt with regard to chastity; to make a whore of. J. Fletcher.

of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher.

is teeth white, therefore they will black theirs. Hakluyt. Sins which black thy soul. J. Fletcher.

To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

de. As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded As ever in the Muses' garden bladed. P. Fletcher.

ke vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle. Her beauty all the rest did blind. P. Fletcher.

To bully; to scold. [Collog.] J. Fletcher.

of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw. Stain or brack in her sweet reputation. J. Fletcher.

e. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy. Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here, No greater Jonson dares in socks appear. Dryden.