Fitch /(?; 224)/
Fitch
n.
pl. Fitches
- A vetch. (Bot.) [Obs.]
- 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. (Bot.)
Fitch
n.
- The European polecat; also, its fur. (Zool.)
Fitché
a.
- Sharpened to a point; pointed. (Her.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Cross fitché
- a cross having the lower arm pointed.