FITCH

FITCH. → General scriptures concerning Isa 28:25-27; Eze 4:9

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Fitch (?; 224), n.; pl. Fitches (#). [[See Vetch.]] 1. 1. (Bot.) A vetch.
2. 2. pl. (Bot.) 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.