† ˈfitchock Obs.
Also fich-, fytchock, fitchuk.
[f. fitch n.2 + dim. suffix -ock.]
= fitchew; also as a term of contempt.
| a 1615 Beaum. & Fl. Bonduca i. ii, And make ye fight like fichocks. ― Scornful Lady v. i, Farewell, fytchock! 1804 Duncumb Herefordsh. I. 213 A fitchock, a pole-cat. 1847 Halliwell, Fitchet, a polecat, also called..fitchuk. |