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# fitch

noun (a fitch, fitches)

«fitch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (old or trade word) A polecat, or its fur; also called a fitchew. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitch/#m1)
2. (Bible, old) A kind of plant grown for seeds, a vetch or similar, mentioned as «fitches» in old English Bibles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitch/#m2)
3. A long-handled brush used by painters and signwriters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitch/#m3)

### In the lessons

A rare word. In nature lessons the polecat (a wild animal of the weasel family) may be called a fitch, and its fur «fitch fur». In the King James Bible, Isaiah talks of farmers sowing and beating out «fitches». Painters know a «fitch» as a thin brush for fine work.

### Examples

- The polecat, or fitch, hunts rabbits at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitch/#x1)
- Grandma's old coat had a fitch fur collar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitch/#x2)
- The farmer in the Bible beat out his fitches with a staff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitch/#x3)
- The painter used a fitch to reach into the corner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitch/#x4)
- A fitch is related to the weasel and the ferret. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitch/#x5)

### Note

Countable: a fitch, fitches. Rare and old-fashioned in most senses. Not the same as «fetch» (to go and get). The polecat's other old name is «fitchew»; the ferret is a tame kind of polecat.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fitch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fitch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fitch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fitch.html) on Mova free.