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Ketch
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A hangman. See Jack Ketch.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To catch. [Now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in pronunciation.] To ketch him at a vantage in his snares. Spenser.