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Cony
·noun The chief hare.
II. Cony ·noun A local name of the burbot.
III. Cony ·noun A <<Simpleton>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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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.
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catch
A term used among fishermen to denote a quantity of fish taken at one time.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cony-catcher
·noun A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cony Court
In Gray's Inn, 1676 (L. and P. Chas. II. XVIII. 296).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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tom cony
A simple fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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
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Catch title
·add. ·- A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, ·etc.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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 ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Catch-meadow
·noun A meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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catch club
A member of the patch club; a bum bailiff.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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catch fart
A footboy; so called from such servants commonly following close behind their master or mistress.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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catch penny
Any temporary contrivance to raise a contribution on the public.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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catch pole
A bum bailiff, or sheriff's officer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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
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out-catch
to overtake. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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catch-fake
An unseemly doubling in a badly coiled rope.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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crooked-catch
An iron implement bent in the form of the letter S.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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.
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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
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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.
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catch a turn there
Belay quickly.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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The Sailor's Word-Book