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fitchew, fichew, ficho (n.) - ShakespearesWords.com
fitchew, fichew, ficho (n.) polecat, skunk; also: prostitute .
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fitchew - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English fitchewes (mistaken as a plural), variant of Middle English fichouse, ficheux, from Old French fissiauls (plural) and fichau, fissel (“ ...
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FITCHEW Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Fitchew definition: an archaic name for polecat. See examples of FITCHEW used in a sentence.
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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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FITCHEW definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
4 senses: → an archaic name for polecat 1. Also called (formerly): foumart (ˈfʊmət), foulmart (ˈfʊlmət) a dark brown musteline.
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fitchew, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun fitchew is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for fitchew is from around 1394, ...
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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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POLECAT/FITCHEW - The Nature of Shakespeare
Fitchew is used an an insult from Cassio to Bianca and the other examples in Troilus and Cressida, King Lear and the Merry Wives of Windsor, are also intended ...
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FITCH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
—is borrowed from the same dialects of French as English fitchew. The name refers to the foul-smelling liquid that the animal secretes to mark territory.
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fitchew - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
fitch (fich),USA pronunciation n. Mammalsthe European polecat, Mustela putorius. its fur, often dyed to imitate other furs.
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fitchew, v. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the mid 1600s. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve ...
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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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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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