The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fitches
Fitch \Fitch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. Fitches. [See Vetch.]
(Bot.) A vetch. [Obs.]
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.
Wiktionary
fitches
n. (plural of fitch English)
Usage examples of "fitches".
If a more intimate supper for two was appropriate—as it often was—the Fitches got the night off and Paul whipped up crêpes or a fancy omelet himself.