fitch n 1: dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened [syn: {polecat}, {fitch}, {foulmart}, {foumart}, {Mustela putorius}]
Fitch \Fitch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. {Fitches}. [See {Vetch}.] 1. (Bot.) A vetch. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (Bot.) 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 \Fitch\, n. [Contr. of fitched.] (Zool.) The European polecat; also, its fur. [1913 Webster]