fit

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

Any short return after intermission; a turn; a period or interval.--Webster.

The houses in many parts of Italy are unprepared for winter; so that when a fit of cold weather comes, the dismayed inhabitant presents an awkward image of insufficiency and perplexity.--Hunt's Indicateor, ch. 3.

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