(intransitive) To arrive somewhere, especially unexpectedly. / (transitive, obsolete) To overtake. / (intransitive and transitive) To vomit.

A light seen at night, superstitiously believed to portend a person's death.

To serve obsequiously. / (dated) To carry gossip, news, etc., from one person to another; to bear tales, to gossip.

(nautical) To make a circuit; to take a circuitous route to a place.

plural of fetch candle

To move from the proper place; to come loose.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fetch and carry

present participle of fetch and carry

(dated) Gossipy, tale-bearing.

An act of fetching and carrying. / (figuratively) A person who serves in an overly obedient or subservient manner.