fetid, fætid

[Fr. fétide, from Lat. fetid us, from fœteo =to stink; Ital. & Sp. fetido.] Having a strong or offensive smell; stinking, rancid. fetid fluor, s. Min.: A variety of Fluor or Fluorite. fe-tid-ne , s. [Eng. fetid: -ne .] The quality or state of being fetid or stinking. *fe-cif-er-ous, a. [Lat. fetifer , from fetus =a fetus; fero to bear, and Eng. adj. suff.- ous .] Bearing or producing young, as animals. *fe-tis, *fe-tise, *fe-tyce, *fe-tys, a . [O. Fr. faitice , faitis , fet is , from Lat. fact it i us , from facio = =to make.] Neat, well-made, comely, handsome. *fe-tis-ly, *fe-tise-ly, *fe-tis-liche, *fe-tysely, adv . [Eng. fet is ; -ly .] Neatly, comelily, handsomely. "Fetysely formed out in fylyoles longe." Early Eng. Allit . Poems; Cleanne , 1461. fet-lock, *fet-lok, *feet-lakke, *fit loke, s. [A word of doubtful etymology, but probably from Dut. vitlok a pastern.] 1. A tuft of hair that grows behind the pastern joint of a horse. fettle 2. The joint on which such tuft of hair grows. "Their wounded steeds Fret fetlock deep in gore, and with wild rage Yerk out their armed heels at their dead masters." Shakesp: Henry V., iv. 7. 3. The same as FETTERLOCK (q. v.). fetlock-boot, s . Menage: A protection for the fetlock and pastern of a horse.