Ketch
[ketʃ] or [kɛtʃ]
Definition
(noun.) a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost.
Edited by Hugh--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.
(n.) A hangman. See Jack Ketch.
(v. t.) To catch.
Edited by Abraham
Definition
n. a small two-masted vessel generally used as a yacht or a bomb-vessel.
Edited by Glenn
Examples
- Now what would this excellent author say to Mr. Jack Ketch's hand being laid on one, and that not quite in the way of kindness either? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Lord bless you, Mas'r, we can ketch up, if we do stop. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- For strike me blind, my lambs, if I didn't ketch in a river the wery bundle under my arm! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- No, no; reg'lar rotation, as Jack Ketch said, ven he tied the men up. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Wot is it, lambs, as they ketches in seas, rivers, lakes, and ponds? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Leastways, lambs,' said Riderhood, observing him out of the corners of his eyes, 'that's wot I my own self sometimes ketches in rivers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But wot else is it, my lambs, as they sometimes ketches in rivers? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Wot is it, besides fish, as they sometimes ketches in rivers? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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