▪ I. fitchet n.
var. of *fidget n.2
▪ II. fitchet
(ˈfɪtʃɪt)
Also 6 fechet, 7–8 fichat.
[dim. of fitch n.2]
1. = fitchew 1, 2.
| 1535 in Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 29 My blew furryd gowne of fechets. 1653 Walton Angler i. i. 14 The Fichat..and the like creatures. 1772 T. Simpson Vermin-Killer 23 The Polecat, Fitchat, Fitchew, Formet. 1885 [see fitchew 1]. |
† 2. Incorrectly: The weasel. Obs. exc. dial.
| 1693 Ray Synops. Animal. 195. 1713 Richardson in Phil. Trans. XXVIII. 170 He [Ray] says that Mustela vulgaris is called here a Foumart or Fitchet. 1881 Leicester Gloss., Fitchet ..sometimes incorrectly applied to a weasel. |