Fetid

fetid, a. Having an offensive smell; stinking. [OF. fetide, ~L.fetid us, fcetidus, ir.fcetere, to stink.] — Fe'tor, -tor, n. A strong, offensive smell; stench. [L.] Fetlock, fetlok, The part of the leg where the tuft of hair grows behind a horse's pastern joint. See Horse. [Perh. Ic./e«, a pace, step, Sw. fiat, Dan. fed, footprint, footstep; or Ic. fet i, Dan. fed, skein of thread or Ic. webbed foot of ducks, etc. (all foot), and Ic. lokkr, AS. locc, lock (of hair).] Fetter, fetler, A chain for the feet; anything that confines a restraint. — v. [fettered (-terd), -teeing.] To put fetters on, shackle, bind; to im- E3se restraints on, confine. [AS. fetor, feter, D. veter, pedica, Gr. pede, a fetter, Skr. paduka, a shoe.] Fetus, felus, pi. Fetuses, -ez. The growing embryo of a viviparous animal, esp. an unborn child. [L., a bringing forth, offspring, also fruitful, f oba. feo, to generate, produce fui, I was, futurus, future), Gr. phuein, to beget, phuesthai, to grow, Skr. bhu, AS. be on, to be.] — Fe'tal, a. Pert, to, etc.