FETTING

Verb

fetting

present participle of fet

Source: Wiktionary


FET

Fet, n. Etym: [Cf. feat, F. fait, and It. fett slice, G. fetzen rag, Icel. fat garment.]

Definition: A piece. [Obs.] Dryton.

Fet, v. t. Etym: [OE. fetten, feten, AS. fetian; akin to AS. fæt a journey, and to E. foot; cf. G. fassen to seize. sq. root 77. See Foot, and cf. Fetch.]

Definition: To fetch. [Obs.] And from the other fifty soon the prisoner fet. Spenser.

Fet, p. p. of Fette.

Definition: Fetched. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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