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fitchew
▪ I. fitchew (ˈfɪtʃuː) Forms: 5 fechu, fychew, (pl. fecheus, fychews, -eux), 6 fechowe, ficheuxe, fitchewe, 7 fitcholl, fitchaw, 8 fi(t)cher, fitchole, 4– fitchew. [a. OF. fissel (pl. fissiaulx), later fissau (Cotgr.), a diminutive formation on the word which appears in Du. of 16–17th c. as fisse, v...
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fuchez
fucher, fuchez obs. pl. ff. fitchew, polecat.c 1450 Bk. Hawkyng in Rel. Ant. I. 305 That no fucher no volymare enter in. 1467 in Ripon Ch. Acts (Surtees) 235 Unam togam de crymysin, pænulatam cum fuchez.
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The illustrations are from watercolours by Dorothy Fitchew.
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fitchock
† 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 Halliwel...
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Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi
Fernandez, Olive D'Costa, Mary D'Silva, Hilda Freitas, Winnie Lobo, Carol Lobo
Altos:
Essie Menezes, Emma Correa, Nita Dias, Maureen Rodrigues, Ioline Fitchew , Ann Fitchew Armstrong
Bases:
Eustach Caldera, Sonoo D'Abreo, Austen Frietas, Isaac Noronha, R.C Fernandes
Tenors:
Vincent D'Abreo, Vincent Lobo, Glenn
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fitchet
▪ 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 Polec...
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boussyng
‖ boussyng Obs. rare—1. [a. MDu. bûzinc, bunzinc, Du. bunsing ‘fitchew, polecat’.] A polecat.1481 Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 79 Tho cam forth many a beest anon as..the ostrole, the boussyng and the fyret.
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European polecat
This was later corrupted in English as fitchew or fitchet, which itself became the word "fitch", which is used for the polecat's pelt.
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fitch
▪ I. fitch, n.1 Obs. exc. dial. (fɪtʃ) Forms: 4–5 ficche, fetch, 5–6 fiche, 6 feche, fytch, fitche, 5– fitch. [var. of vetch.] 1. = vetch; the plant Vicia sativa, or its seed. Also attrib., as fitch-grass.1382 Wyclif Isa. xxviii. 25 Barly, and myle, and ficche [1388 fetchis] in ther coestes. c 1420 ...
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1993 Birthday Honours
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Geoffrey Edward Fitchew, lately Director General, EC Commission.
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foumart
foumart (ˈfʊmət) Forms: 4 folmarde, 5 ful(e)merd(e, -mert, 5–6 -mard(e, 5–7 -mer(e, (5 -mare), 5 fullimart, 6 fullymart, 7 ful-, 7–8 fuli-, 7–9 foul(e)mart, 5–7 fow-, 7, 9 fu-, 8, 9 foomart, (6 foumerd, 7 fummer, 8 formet), 8– foumart. [ME. fulmard:—OE. *f{uacu}l mearð (f{uacu}l, foul a. + mearð mar...
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fethok
† ˈfethok Sc. Obs. rare—1. [A variant form of fitchew.] A polecat.1424 Sc. Acts Jas. I (1814) II. 6 And for x fulmartis skynnis, called fethokis, viijd.
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soiled
▪ I. soiled, ppl. a.1 (sɔɪld) Forms: 3 suiled, 6–7 soyled, 7 soild, 6– soiled. [f. soil v.1] Defiled; stained, dirtied. Also fig. Comb. soiled dove Austral. and N. Amer. slang., a prostitute.a 1225 Ancr. R. 158 Ich am a man mid suilede lippen. 1530 Palsgr. 324/2 Soyled, ord. 1588 Kyd Househ. Phil. W...
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pole-cat
polecat, pole-cat (ˈpəʊlkæt) Forms: α. 4–7 polcat, 5 -kat, 6 -catte, 6–7 pol-cat, 7 polcate, -catt, poll-cat, 8 poll cat, 9 pole cat, 6– pole-cat, 7– polecat. β. 5 pulcatt, -kat; 6 poulcatte, 6–8 -cat, powl(-)cat, poul-cat, 9 poulecat; dial. pow-cat. [ME. polcat, pulcatt, the second element being ca...
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