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Fielder :: Fielder (n.) A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.

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

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

Haybird :: Haybird (n.) The European spotted flycatcher.

Scolder :: Scolder (n.) The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries.

Mouse :: Mouse (v. i.) To watch for and catch mice.

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

Catch :: Catch (n.) A slight remembrance; a trace.

Inviscate :: Inviscate (v. t.) To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.

Turtling :: Turtling (n.) The act, practice, or art of catching turtles..

Birder :: Birder (n.) A birdcatcher.

Pewee :: Pewee (n.) A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and phoebe..

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..

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..

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

Graaper :: Graaper (n.) One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.

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

Captious :: Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.

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..

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

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