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Bird-eyed :: Bird-eyed (a.) Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.

Catchwork :: Catchwork (n.) A work or artificial water-course for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.

Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) The act or art of catching crabs.

Ketch :: Ketch (v. t.) To catch.

Match :: Match (n.) Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium..

Skaith :: Skaith (n.) See Scatch.

Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon..

Battery :: Battery (v. t.) The pitcher and catcher together.

Catch :: Catch (n.) Passing opportunities seized; snatches.

Kingbird :: Kingbird (n.) A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the head and tail. The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show

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

Drome :: Drome (n.) The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher..

Hallier :: Hallier (n.) A kind of net for catching birds.

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..

Aard-vark :: Aard-vark (n.) An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue..

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

Insnare :: Insnare (v. t.) To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means.

Birdcatching :: Birdcatching (n.) The art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls..

Catch :: Catch (v. i.) To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch..

Catchup :: Catchup (n.) Alt. of Catsu.

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