n. Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem. [ Obs. ] “Politic farfetches.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Far + fetch. ] To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To farfetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Brought from far, or from a remote place. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and heterogeneous ingredients. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained; hence, implausible or improbable. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fetched 2; p. pr. & vb. n.. Fetching. ] [ OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh. the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get, OFries. faka to prepare. √77. Cf. Fet, v. t. ] 1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get. [ 1913 Webster ]

Time will run back and fetch the age of gold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 1 Kings xvii. 11, 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our native horses were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fetching men again when they swoon. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To reduce; to throw. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll fetch a turn about the garden. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He fetches his blow quick and sure. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched
The siren's isle. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state. [ 1913 Webster ]

They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. W. Barnes. [ 1913 Webster ]

To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a circuit; to take a circuitous route going to a place. --
To fetch a pump, to make it draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle. --
To fetch headway or
To fetch sternway (Naut.), to move ahead or astern. --
To fetch out, to develop. “The skill of the polisher fetches out the colors [ of marble ]” Addison. --
To fetch up. (a) To overtake. [ Obs. ] “Says [ the hare ], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please.” L'Estrange. (b) To stop suddenly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every little fetch of wit and criticism. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The apparation of a living person; a wraith. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very fetch and ghost of Mrs. Gamp. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The unobstructed region of the ocean over which the wind blows to generate waves. [ RH ]

4. Hence: The length of such a region. [ RH ]

Fetch candle, a light seen at night, superstitiously believed to portend a person's death. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. One who fetches or brings. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. drawing favorable attention; as, a fetching new hat.
Syn. -- appealing, taking, winning. [ WordNet 1.5 ]