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Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender..

Field :: Field (v. i.) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball..

Chalder :: Chalder (n.) A kind of bird; the oyster catcher.

Click :: Click (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel..

Chase :: Chase (v. t.) To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away..

Ruche :: Ruche (n.) A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn..

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody..

Insectivorous :: Insectivorous (a.) plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc..

Button :: Button (n.) A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and passing through a slit, called a buttonhole, in the other; -- used also for ornament..

Clasp :: Clasp (n.) An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc..

Skaith :: Skaith (n.) See Scatch.

Flatbill :: Flatbill (n.) Any bird of the genus Flatyrynchus. They belong to the family of flycatchers.

Catch :: Catch (n.) The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch..

Spattling-poppy :: Spattling-poppy (n.) A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects.

Tache :: Tache (n.) Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button.

Catch :: Catch (n.) Passing opportunities seized; snatches.

Pot :: Pot (n.) A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc..

Pawl :: Pawl (n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel..

Catch-meadow :: Catch-meadow (n.) A meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill.

Fastening :: Fastening (n.) Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc..

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