vetch

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English

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A vetch (Vicia cracca)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English vecche, fecche, ficche, from Old Northern French veche, variant of Old French vece, from Latin vicia. Doublet of fitch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛt͡ʃ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛtʃ

Noun

vetch (plural vetches)

  1. Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
  2. Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Vicia spp
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Translations

Further reading

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English fecchen, from Old English feċċan.

Pronunciation

Verb

vetch

  1. to fetch
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13, page 90:
      He at nouth fade t'zey, llean vetch ee man,
      He that knows what to say, mischief fetch the man,

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 90
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