01 n. A vetch.
pl.
Fitches ((#))
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1.
A vetch.(Bot.) [Obs.]
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2.
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.(Bot.)