the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A small dog; -- written also fise, fyce, fiste, etc.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. See extract, and fise.
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n. a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog
Word Usage
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