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noun
A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A hangman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A pie or turnover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Synonym of Jack Ketch (“a public executioner”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Jack Ketch
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verb
Pronunciation spelling of catch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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verb
To hang.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Synonyms: Guy Fawkes, stretch, string up, forhang, hang, ketch, send to the scaffold, scrag, truss, tuck up
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noun
a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sailing vessel, sailing ship
History
From Middle English catche, from cacchen (“to catch”). For the modern form with /ɛ/, compare the pronunciation /kɛtʃ/ of catch.
From Jack Ketch, a hangman of the 17th century.
From Middle English kechel (“small cake”), from Old English *cēċel (“small cake”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōkil (“small cake”).
See catch.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
