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Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire..

Frith :: Frith (n.) A kind of weir for catching fish.

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball..

Troll :: Troll (n.) A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch; a round.

Retiary :: Retiary (a.) Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders..

Harpoon :: Harpoon (v. t.) To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon..

Betrap :: Betrap (v. t.) To draw into, or catch in, a trap; to insnare; to circumvent..

Fisherman :: Fisherman (n.) One whose occupation is to catch fish.

Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement..

Cobweb :: Cobweb (n.) A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary.

Noncontagious :: Noncontagious (a.) Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact.

Beambird :: Beambird (n.) A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building..

Latch :: Latch (n.) To catch or fasten by means of a latch.

Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..

Pawl :: Pawl (n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel..

Bow Net :: Bow net () A net for catching birds.

Fowl :: Fowl (v. i.) To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc..

Sniggle :: Sniggle (v. t.) To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to insnare..

Mesh :: Mesh (v. t.) To catch in a mesh.

Fishery :: Fishery (n.) A place for catching fish.

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