fitch

fitch
/fich/, n.
1. the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
2. its fur, often dyed to imitate other furs.
Also, fitchet /fich"it/, fitchew /fich"ooh/.
[1400-50; late ME fiche, feche, fuche polecat fur < MD fisse, visse, vitsche polecat]

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      fur trade name for the polecat, especially the European, or common, polecat.

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