† fetch-life Obs. rare—1.
In quot. -liefe.
[? f. fetch v. + life.]
? A messenger sent to ‘fetch’ the soul of a dying person.
| 1583 Stanyhurst æneis iv. 486 (Arb.) 111 On thee turrets the skrich howle, lyke fetchliefe ysetled, Her burial roundel doth ruck. |