Fitch \Fitch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. Fitches. [See Vetch.]
1. (Bot.) A vetch. [Obs.]
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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