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Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. It is usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to catch the head of the needle..

Catch :: Catch (v. i.) To attain possession.

Hatch :: Hatch (n.) A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish..

Mantrap :: Mantrap (n.) A trap for catching trespassers.

Snatch :: Snatch (n.) A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly..

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..

Grinder :: Grinder (n.) The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia; -- called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes..

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) Hence: To insnare; to entangle.

Dredge :: Dredge (v. t.) To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine.

Phainopepla :: Phainopepla (n.) A small crested passerine bird (Phainopepla nitens), native of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a uniform glossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also black flycatcher..

Hitch :: Hitch (n.) The act of catching, as on a hook, etc..

Deprehension :: Deprehension (n.) A catching; discovery.

Locket :: Locket (n.) A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention..

Entrap :: Entrap (v. t.) To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men..

Pot :: Pot (n.) A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc..

Catch :: Catch (n.) Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony..

Springe :: Springe (v. t.) To catch in a springe; to insnare.

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

Riffle :: Riffle (n.) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple..

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