Definition of catching

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Catching (a.) Infectious; contagious.

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Fishery :: Fishery (n.) The business or practice of catching fish; fishing.
Insectivorous :: Insectivorous (a.) plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc..
Fly-catching :: Fly-catching (a.) Having the habit of catching insects on the wing.
Kiddle :: Kiddle (n.) A kind of basketwork wear in a river, for catching fish..
Aucupation :: Aucupation (n.) Birdcatching; fowling.
Turtling :: Turtling (n.) The act, practice, or art of catching turtles..
Birdcatching :: Birdcatching (n.) The art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls..
Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A trap for catching flies.
Eelpot :: Eelpot (n.) A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.
Web :: Web (n.) The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb.
Crabbing :: Crabbing (n.) The act or art of catching crabs.
Snatch :: Snatch (n.) A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly..
Day-net :: Day-net (n.) A net for catching small birds.
Angle :: Angle (n.) A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod..
Contagious :: Contagious (a.) Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease..
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..
Kipe :: Kipe (n.) An osier basket used for catching fish.
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form..
Illaqueation :: Illaqueation (n.) The act of catching or insnaring.
Lasso :: Lasso (n.) A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc..
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