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fitch

  [fich]
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–noun
1. the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
2. its fur, often dyed to imitate other furs.
Also, fitch⋅et  [fich-it] , fitch⋅ew  [fich-oo] .

Origin:
1400–50; late ME fiche, feche, fuche polecat fur < MD fisse, visse, vitsche polecat

Fitch

  [fich]
–noun
1. John, 1743–98, U.S. inventor: pioneer in development of the steamboat.
2. (William) Clyde, 1865–1909, U.S. playwright.
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fitch   (fĭch)   
n.  

  1. See polecat.

  2. The fur of this animal.


[Middle English fiche, from Middle Dutch vitsche, visse.]
Fitch   (fĭch)   
American steamboat pioneer whose early designs (1787-1790) were successful but received insufficient financial backing for large-scale production.
pole·cat   (pōl'kāt')   
n.  

    1. A chiefly nocturnal European carnivorous mammal (Mustela putorius) of the weasel family that ejects a malodorous fluid to mark its territory and ward off enemies. Also called fitch.

    2. Any of various related mammals of Asia, especially Mustela eversmanni of central Asia.

  2. See skunk.


[Middle English polcat : possibly Old French poll, poule, fowl, hen; see pullet + Middle English cat, cat; see cat.]
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