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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fech(e, v. Also: fyche, feyche; fesch(e. [ME. feche(n, fecche(n, fetche(n, OE. fecc(e)an.] tr. To bring; to come or go for. = Fetch v.(a) 1375 Barb. ii. 532.
The wemen off his cuntre Come for to fech him hame agayn Ib. iii. 428.
Fechand ay our twa and twa a1400 Leg. S. xvii. 242.
A messingere send sone, & feche thame to me c1420 Wynt. vi. 1589.
The Inglis men than Ethelred Fechyd owte off Normandy 1456 Hay I. 158/31.
Quharfore than may he nocht alswele ger him send and feche thame till him 1496 Halyb. 9.
Paid to the pantor for the ymag; paid to a chilld to feche it 1507 Treas. Acc. III. 369.
To Wantonnes that the King fechit and gert hir sing in the Quenes chamer 1533 Boece xii. xi. 474 b.
Gif he refusit [to send Edgar] he suld fech him 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 27–9.
The saids bischopis … remanit in thair lugeing quhill thai … wer fechit to the said tolbuyth 1653–7 Irvine Mun. II. 256.
[I] fechit a chopin of wyne and eale(b) 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 178.
The myl to be fychit … fra the place it standis up til aine place of mair eysmentis 1559–60 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 330.
To x hors feychand this lyme 1571 Sat. P. xxvii. 78.
Nationis … Thatt … feychitt forayne forces into thair support(c) 1547 Treas. Acc. IX. 114.
To ane boy to fesche this hors furtht of Dunbar 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 191.
He suld … tak thrie rugges off ane dog hillack [and] fesch heime to hir 1671 Melrose R. Rec. II. 287.
He fesched the stone at his maister Ancrums directione