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Catchword :: Catchword (n.) A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, the catchword of a political party, etc..

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..

Catch :: Catch (n.) That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish..

Lash :: Lash (n.) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare..

Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves..

Snare :: Snare (n.) A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin..

Catchable :: Catchable (a.) Capable of being caught.

Trubu :: Trubu (n.) An East India herring (Clupea toli) which is extensively caught for the sake of its roe and for its flesh.

Bob-cherry :: Bob-cherry (n.) A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth..

Gudgeon :: Gudgeon (n.) A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons..

Tunny :: Tunny (n.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus / Albacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse..

Caught :: Caught () imp. & p. p. of Catch.

Sundial :: Sundew (n.) Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort..

Silene :: Silene (n.) A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly..

Fugitive :: Fugitive (n.) Something hard to be caught or detained.

Thicket :: Thicket (a.) A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket..

Trap :: Trap (n.) Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.

Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones..

Catch :: Catch (n.) That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly..

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