fitch
noun
the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
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fitch
1 American
[fich]
/ fɪtʃ /
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fitchet
noun
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fitches
plural
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the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
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its fur, often dyed to imitate other furs.
Fitch
2
American
[fich]
/ fɪtʃ /
noun
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John, 1743–98, U.S. inventor: pioneer in development of the steamboat.
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(William) Clyde, 1865–1909, U.S. playwright.
fitch
British
/ fɪtʃ /
noun
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another name for polecat
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the fur of the polecat or ferret
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Etymology
Origin of fitch
1400–50; late Middle English fiche, feche, fuche polecat fur < Middle Dutch fisse, visse, vitsche polecat
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At Céline, in addition to the suede jumpsuit, Phoebe Philo offered slouchy leather pants with a color-block turtleneck and a pair of fur wrap coats, one beaver and the other fitch.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2012
With youth in mind, and to revive a market that dropped 40% in sales between 1947 and 1967, Kaplan branched out into inexpensive furs like mink paw, fitch and squirrel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Katy answered, knowing intuitively the feeling which had prompted this suggestion from her mother-in-law, who hastened to Helen's room with the rich sable she was to wear in place of the old fitch.
From Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering by Mary Jane Holmes
The light or figure is then softened by drawing the end of a flat hog-hair fitch, or a small thin mottler, across each figure, and slightly softening with the badger-hair softener.
Mrs. Joe Peabody was a very pretty old lady when she was unwrapped from her black cloak and two shawls and fitch tippet and pumpkin hood, and seated in the big chair by the fire.
From The Green Door by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Moody’s rated the capital structure Ba1, or the highest “junk”-rated category, while S&P Global and Fitch gave it at BBB- rating, the lowest rung in the investment-grade category.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Seth Lehman, a senior director at Fitch Ratings who has been following the train’s delays, said the consecutive 30-day testing on the train is expected to start in the coming weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Analysts at BMI, a unit of Fitch Solutions, pointed out that the rupiah is still about 6% weaker against the greenback year-to-date, despite BI’s expanded foreign-exchange support measures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Apple raised prices by hundreds of dollars on some Macs and iPads this summer, Asa Fitch notes for The Wall Street Journal, and is charging more for its latest round of iPhones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Cronin and Fitch eventually received the Nobel Prize for their work in 1980.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
"Fitches are not threshed with a thresher, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod."
From Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers by Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew
Mink, now, fitches a fancy price when you can catch 'em.
From Baby Pitcher's Trials Little Pitcher Stories by Carrie L. May
For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
When lie hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
The ornaments are usually done with stencil patterns, and the lines are done with straight edges and lining fitches.
From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by J. Sawtelle Ford
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