Fitch

Fitch  (fch), John 1743-1798.

American steamboat pioneer whose early designs (1787-1790) were successful but received insufficient financial backing for large-scale production.

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fitch  (fch)

n.

1. See polecat.

2. The fur of this animal.

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[Middle English fiche, from Middle Dutch vitsche, visse.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

fitch - dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius, polecat mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal - fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals genus Mustela, Mustela - type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels ferret - domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits