Part 1702

<hw>Catch"drain`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dich or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.</def>

<h1>Catcher</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Catch"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, catches.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Baseball)</fld> <def>The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball.</def>

<h1>Catchfly</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Catch"fly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of <i>Silene</i> are examples of the catchfly.</def>

<h1>Catching</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Catch"ing</hw> <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Infections; contagious.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Captavating; alluring.</def>

<h1>Catching</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Catch"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of seizing or taking hold of</def>

<cs><col>Catching bargain</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price.</cd>

<i>Bouvier.</i> </cs>

<h1>Catch-meadow</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Catch"-mead`ow</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill.</def>

<h1>Catchment</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Catch"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.</def>

<h1>Catchpenny</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Catch"pen*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; <as>as, a <ex>catchpenny</ex> book; a <ex>catchpenny</ex> show.</as></def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>Some worthless catchpenny thing.</def></def2>

<h1>Catchpoll</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Catch"poll`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>chacepol</ets>, <ets>chacipol</ets>.]</ety> <def>A bailiff's assistant.</def>

<h1>Catchup, Catsup</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw><hw>Catch"up</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cat"sup</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Probably of East Indian origin, because it was originally a kind of East Indian pickles.]</ety> <def>A table sauce made from mushrooms, tomatoes, walnuts, etc.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ketchup</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Catchwater</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Catch"wa`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A ditch or drain for catching water. See <er>Catchdrain</er>.</def>

<h1>Catchweed</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Catch"weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Cleavers</er>.</def>

<h1>Catchweight</h1> <Xpage=225>