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A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
Meaning & usage
A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English catche, from cacchen (“to catch”). For the modern form with /ɛ/, compare the pronunciation /kɛtʃ/ of catch.
To hang.
Where this word comes from
From Jack Ketch, a hangman of the 17th century.
A hangman.
Where this word comes from
From Jack Ketch, a hangman of the 17th century.
A pie or turnover.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English kechel (“small cake”), from Old English *cēċel (“small cake”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōkil (“small cake”).
Pronunciation spelling of catch.
Where this word comes from
See catch.
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