fitch

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

fitch, n. [See Vetch.].

•  A vetch.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

fitch, n. [Contr. of fitched.].

 The European polecat; also, its fur.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fitch, n.
1 a polecat.
2 a the hair of a polecat. b a brush made from this or similar hair.

Etymology

MDu. fisse etc.: cf. FITCHEW