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fitchew
CIDE DICTIONARY
fitchew, n. [Cf. OF. fisseau, fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome, E. fizz.].
The European polecat (Putorius fœtidus ). See Polecat. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fitchew, n. a polecat.
Etymology
14th c. f. OF ficheau, fissel dimin. of MDu. fisse
ROGET THESAURUS
fitchew
Fetor
N fetor, bad, smell, bad odor, stench, stink, foul odor, malodor, empyreuma, mustiness, rancidity, foulness, stoat, polecat, skunk, assafoetida, fungus, garlic, stinkpot, fitchet, fitchew, fourmart, peccary, acridity, fetid, strong-smelling, high, bad, strong, fulsome, offensive, noisome, rank, rancid, reasty, tainted, musty, fusty, frouzy, olid, olidous, nidorous, smelling, stinking, putrid, suffocating, mephitic, empyreumatic.
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