Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ketch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ketch \Ketch\ (k[e^]ch), n. [Prob. corrupted fr. Turk.
q[=a][imac]q : cf. F. caiche. Cf. {Ca["i]que}.] (Naut.)
An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a
mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and
fifty tons burden.
{Bomb ketch}. See under {Bomb}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ketch \Ketch\, n.
A hangman. See {Jack Ketch}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ketch \Ketch\, v. t. [See {Catch}.]
To catch. [Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in
pronunciation.]
To ketch him at a vantage in his snares. --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ketch
n : a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of
the rudderpost
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