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Catching :: Catching (a.) Infectious; contagious.

Fare :: Fare (v.) The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.

Eelpot :: Eelpot (n.) A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.

Manovery :: Manovery (n.) A contrivance or maneuvering to catch game illegally.

Catchweight :: Catchweight (adv.) Without any additional weight; without being handicapped; as, to ride catchweight..

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody..

Take :: Take (n.) That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch..

Grizzly :: Grizzly (a.) In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices..

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish..

Click :: Click (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel..

Olive :: Olive (n.) The oyster catcher.

Round :: Round (n.) A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison..

Drawnet :: Drawnet (n.) A net for catching the larger sorts of birds; also, a dragnet..

Sear :: Sear (n.) The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.

Swoop :: Swoop (n.) To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken..

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

Batfowling :: Batfowling (n.) A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise..

Bucket :: Bucket (n.) A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids..

Fantail :: Fantail (n.) Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers..

Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

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