fetch | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

Fetch
·noun The apparation of a living person; a wraith. II. Fetch ·vt To obtain as price or equivalent; ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
fetch
A trick, wheedle, or invention to deceive. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
fetch
(Ang. Sax. facen, fraud, trick, deceit.) A trick, or invention to deceive.--Grose. This word is in s...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
to fetch up
To stop suddenly. This sense of the word is not noticed in the English dictionaries, nor by Webster....

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
fetch, to
To reach, or arrive at; as, "we shall fetch to windward of the lighthouse this tack." ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
fetch head-way
or stern-way. Said of a vessel gathering motion ahead or astern. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
fetch way, to
Said of a gun, or anything which escapes from its place by the vessel's motion at sea. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
fetch of a gulf
The whole stretch from head to head, or point to point. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
fetch of a bay or gulf
The whole stretch from head to head, or point to point. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book