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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..

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

Overtake :: Overtake (v. t.) To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with..

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..

Chebec :: Chebec (n.) A small American bird (Empidonax minimus); the least flycatcher.

Field :: Field (v. i.) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball..

Catchdrain :: Catchdrain (n.) A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water..

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

Hent :: Hent (v. t.) To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.

Garth :: Garth (n.) A dam or weir for catching fish.

Haul :: Haul (n.) A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul..

Fishery :: Fishery (n.) The business or practice of catching fish; fishing.

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

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..

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

Fish :: Fish (v. i.) To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net..

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

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing..

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

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

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