Fitch (?; 224), 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, n. [Contr. of fitched.]
(Zoöl.) The European polecat; also, its
fur.