foumart
/ˈfuːmə(ɹ)t/ noun
Forms foumarts foulmart fullmart
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Etymology
From Middle English fulmard, from Old English fūl (“foul”) + mearþ (“marten”), in reference to its offensive smell.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The European polecat; --called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat. [Written also foulmart, foulimart, and fulimart.]
- noun imp. & p. p. of Find.
Etymology [OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. f foul + mear, meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See Foul, a., and Marten the quadruped.]
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