Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fitter"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fit \Fit\, a. [Compar. {Fitter}; superl. {Fittest}.] [OE. fit,
fyt; cf. E. feat neat, elegant, well made, or icel. fitja to
web, knit, OD. vitten to suit, square, Goth. f?tjan to adorn.
? 77.]
1. Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature
or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances,
education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.

That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified
in. --Shak.

Fit audience find, though few. --Milton.

2. Prepared; ready. [Obs.]

So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes
who first her quarry's strength should feel.
--Fairfax.

3. Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste;
convenient; meet; becoming; proper.

Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked? --Job
xxxiv. 18.

Syn: Suitable; proper; appropriate; meet; becoming;
expedient; congruous; correspondent; apposite; apt;
adapted; prepared; qualified; competent; adequate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fitter \Fit"ter\, n.
1. One who fits or makes to fit; esp.:
(a) One who tries on, and adjusts, articles of dress.
(b) One who fits or adjusts the different parts of
machinery to each other.

2. A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of
a coal pit and the shipper. [Eng.] --Simmonds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fitter \Fit"ter\, n.
A little piece; a flitter; a flinder. [Obs.]

Where's the Frenchman? Alas, he's all fitters. --Beau.
& Fl.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fitter
adj : improved in health or physical condition [syn: {healthier}]
n : someone who fits a garment to a particular person

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