different between fletch vs letch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French flèche (“an arrow”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fl?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

fletch (plural fletches)

1. (archery) The vane toward the back of an arrow, used to stabilise the arrow during flight.
2. (fisheries) A large boneless fillet of halibut, swordfish or tuna.

Synonyms

• (vane of arrow): feather, flight

Verb

fletch (third-person singular simple present fletches, present participle fletching, simple past and past participle fletched)

1. (transitive) To feather, as an arrow.

Derived terms

• fletcher
• fletching

Related terms

• fledge

English

Alternative forms

• lech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?t??/

Etymology 1

See lech, lecher.

Noun

letch (plural letches)

1. (archaic) Strong desire; passion.
   • 1830, Thomas De Quincey, Life of Richard Bentley (review)

     Some people have a letch for unmasking impostors, or for avenging the wrongs of others.

2. (informal) A lecher.

Etymology 2

From Middle English leche, for example Sandy's Letch located east of Annitsford in Northumberland.

Noun

letch (plural letches)

1. A stream or pool in boggy land.

Etymology 3

Noun

letch (plural letches)

1. Alternative form of leach

Verb

letch (third-person singular simple present letches, present participle letching, simple past and past participle letched)

1. Alternative form of leach

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Etymology

From Middle English leche (“an infusion”).

Noun

letch

1. small beer

References

• J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)