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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  fetch \fetch\, v. i.
     To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch
     about; to fetch to windward. --Totten.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     To fetch away (Naut.), to break loose; to roll or slide to
        leeward.
  
     To fetch and carry, to serve obsequiously, like a trained
        spaniel.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  fetch \fetch\, v. i.
     To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch
     about; to fetch to windward. --Totten.
  
     To fetch away (Naut.), to break loose; to roll slide to
        leeward.
  
     To fetch and carry, to serve obsequiously, like a trained
        spaniel.

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