Part 1703

<hw>Catch"weight`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <fld>(Horseracing)</fld> <def>Without any additional weight; without being handicapped; <as>as, to ride <ex>catchweight</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Catchword</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Catch"word`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; <as>as, the <ex>catchword</ex> of a political party, etc.</as></def>

<h1>Catchwork</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Catch"work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A work or artificial watercourse for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.</def>

<h1>Cate</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Food. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Cates</er>.</def>

<h1>Catechetic, Catechetical</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw><hw>Cat`e*chet"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cat`e*chet"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/. See <er>Catechise</er>.]</ety> <def>Relating to or consisting in, asking questions and receiving answers, according to the ancient manner of teaching.</def>

<blockquote>Socrates introduced a <b>catechetical</b> method of arguing. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Catechetically</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat`e*chet"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a catechetical manner; by question and answer.</def>

<h1>Catechetics</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat`e*chet"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The science or practice of instructing by questions and answers.</def>

<h1>Catechin</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat"e*chin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of the tannic acids, extracted from catechu as a white, crystaline substance; -- called also <altname>catechuic acid</altname>, and <altname>catechuin</altname>.</def>

<h1>Catechisation</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat`e*chi*sa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>catechizatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of catechising.</def>

<h1>Catechise</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat"e*chise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Catechised</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Catechising</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>catechizare</ets>, Gr. <?/, equiv. to <?/ to resound, sound a thing into one's ears, impress it upon one by word of mouth; <?/ + <?/ to sound, <?/ a sound.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To instruct by asking questions, receiving answeres, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To question or interrogate; to examine or try by questions; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

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<h1>Catechiser</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Cat"e*chi`ser</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who catechises.</def>