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• fart

  He has let a brewer's fart, grains and all; said of one who has bewrayed his breeches. Piss and far...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Catch

  ·vi To attain possession. II. Catch ·noun Act of seizing; a grasp. III. Catch ·noun A slight remem...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• catch

  A term used among fishermen to denote a quantity of fish taken at one time. It is said that the cat...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• catch

  A term used among fishermen to denote a quantity of fish taken at one time. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• fart catcher

  A valet or footman from his walking behind his master or mistress. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Catch crop

  ·add. ·- Any crop grown between the rows of another crop or intermediate between two crops in ordina...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Catch title

  ·add. ·- A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, ·etc. ...

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• Catch-basin

  ·noun A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky ...

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• Catch-meadow

  ·noun A meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Cony-catch

  ·vt To <<Deceive>>; to <<Cheat>>; to <<Trick>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Fair catch

  ·add. ·- A catch made by a player on side who makes a prescribed signal that he will not attempt to ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• catch club

  A member of the patch club; a bum bailiff. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• catch penny

  Any temporary contrivance to raise a contribution on the public. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• catch pole

  A bum bailiff, or sheriff's officer. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• catch-land

  land which is not certainly known to what parish it belongs, and the minister that first gets the ti...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• out-catch

  to overtake. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• catch-fake

  An unseemly doubling in a badly coiled rope. ...

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• crooked-catch

  An iron implement bent in the form of the letter S. ...

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• to catch a tartar

  To attack one of superior strength or abilities. This saying originated from the story of an Irish s...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• catch a crab

  In rowing, when an oar gets so far beneath the surface of the water, that the rower cannot recover i...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• to catch a weasel asleep

  It is a common belief that this little animal is never caught napping, for the obvious reason that h...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• catch a turn there

  Belay quickly. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• turn, to catch a

  To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast. ...

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