To fetch away

To fetch away
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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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