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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fitch, n. Also: fytch, fytsh. [ME. fitche, ficche (1382), var. of fetche, fecche, vetch.] A vetch. — a1500 Henr. Fab. 367.
As fitchis myngit ar with nobill seid 1561 B. Rec. Inverness I. 61.
For the pulling of the fytshis out of his quhet 1562-3 Winȝet I. 128/16.
Quhy hef ȝe schorne away … the quheit togidder with the fitcheis?
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