noun

• A polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America.
• A skin of a polecat.
• A surname from Old French.
• An unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States.
• (obsolete) Alternative form of vetch [Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.]