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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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‡FITSH, v. To plait, to secure by strapping about and lacing (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), fitj; 1914 Angus Gl.); to thatch a house, to put straw ropes round a corn stack (Ib.).
[Norw. dial. fitja, to knot, plait.]
