Obs. rare1. In quot. -liefe. [? f. FETCH vb. + LIFE.] ? A messenger sent to fetch the soul of a dying person.
1583. Stanyhurst, Æneis, IV. 486 (Arb.), 111.
| On thee turrets the skrich howle, lyke fetchliefe ysetled, |
| Her burial roundel dooth ruck, and cruncketh in howling. |