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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
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fitch·ew   (fĭch'ōō)   
n.   Archaic
The Old World polecat or its fur.

[Middle English ficheux, possibly from Walloon ficheau, diminutive of Middle Dutch vitsche, visse.]
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