Chapter Fitch to Flabellate of F by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Fitch to Flabellate

Fitch
(Fitch) n.; pl. Fitches [See Vetch.]

1. (Bot.) A vetch. [Obs.]

2. pl. (Bot.) A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt.

Fitch
(Fitch), n. [Contr. of fitched.] (Zoöl.) The European polecat; also, its fur.

Fitché
(Fitch"é) a. [Cf. F. fiché, lit. p. p. of ficher to fasten, OF. fichier to pierce. Cf. 1st Fish.] (Her.) Sharpened to a point; pointed.

Cross fitché, a cross having the lower arm pointed.

Fitched
(Fitched) a. (her.) Fitché. [Also fiched.]

Fitchet
(Fitch"et Fitch"ew) , n. [Cf. OF. fisseau, fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome, E. fizz.] (Zoöl.) The European polecat See Polecat.

Fitchy
(Fitch"y) a. Having fitches or vetches.

Fitchy
(Fitch"y), a. [See Fitché.] (Her.) Fitché.

Fitful
(Fit"ful) a. [From 7th Fit.] Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable.

After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well.

Shak.

— Fit"ful*ly, adv. — Fit"ful*ness, n.

The victorious trumpet peal
Dies fitfully away.

Macaulay.

Fithel
(Fith"el Fith"ul) , n. [OE. See Fiddle.] A fiddle. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fitly
(Fit"ly) adv. In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied.

Fitment
(Fit"ment) n. The act of fitting; that which is proper or becoming; equipment. [Obs.] Shak.

Fitness
(Fit"ness), n. The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office.

Fitt
(Fitt) n. See 2d Fit.

Fittable
(Fit"ta*ble) a. Suitable; fit. [Obs.] Sherwood.

Fittedness
(Fit"ted*ness) n. The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Fitter
(Fit"ter) n.

1. One who fits or makes to fit; esp.: (a) One who tries on, and adjusts, articles of dress. (b) One who fits or adjusts the different parts of machinery to each other.

2. A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper. [Eng.] Simmonds.

Fitter
(Fit"ter), n. A little piece; a flitter; a flinder. [Obs.]

Where's the Frenchman? Alas, he's all fitters.

Beau. & Fl.