FETCH

fetch. Fetch, n. a stratagem, artifice, art, trick, pretense

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fetch, v. i. To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. Totten. To fetch away (Naut.), to break loose; to roll or slide to leeward. — To fetch and carry, to serve obsequiously, like a trained spaniel.

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Fetch (fĕch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fetched 2; p. pr. & vb. n.. Fetching.] [[OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh. the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get, OFries. faka to prepare. √ 77. Cf. Fet, v. t.]] 1. 1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get.
Time will run back and fetch the age of gold. Milton. He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 1 Kings xvii. 11, 12. 2. 2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
Our native horses were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices. Macaulay. 3. 3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; — sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to.
Fetching men again when they swoon. Bacon. 4. 4. To reduce; to throw.
The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. South. 5. 5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.
I'll fetch a turn about the garden. Shak. He fetches his blow quick and sure. South. 6. 6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched The siren's isle. Chapman. 7. 7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. W. Barnes. To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a circuit; to take a circuitous route going to a place. — To fetch a pump, to make it draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle. — To fetch headway or sternway (Naut.), to move ahead or astern. — To fetch out, to develop. “The skill of the polisher fetches out the colors ” Addison. — To fetch up. (a) To overtake. “Says , I can fetch up the tortoise when I please.” L'Estrange. (b) To stop suddenly.