Obs. [f. prec.] a. trans. To provide or adorn with a fetish: see FETISH sb. 1. b. intr. for refl. To adorn oneself, dress up.
1723. J. Atkins, A Voyage to Guinea (1735), 61. The Women are fondest of what they call Fetishing, setting themselves out to attract the good Graces of the Men. Ibid., 73. At Cape Apollonia, The Natives are of a jet black, very lively and bold, accustomed to Trade, and better fetished than their Neighbours. Ibid., 88. The Women fetish with a coarse Paint of Earth on their Faces, Shoulders and Breasts. Ibid., 95. She still conforming to the Dress of her Country, being always barefoot and fetished with Chains and Gobbets of Gold, at her Ancles, her Wrists, and her Hair.
