To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
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A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.
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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
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A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.
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To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant.
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To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…
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To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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To hold; to keep; to possess.
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To lay hold of; to seize.
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To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
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Taken.
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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.
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of Touch
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A counter, used in various games.
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A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, s…
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A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidae; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respec…
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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…
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To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will int…
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To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.
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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy.
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To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.
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The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.
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of Mesh
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To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.
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The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas;…
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To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.
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To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.
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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
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To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
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A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called als…
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To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
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To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.
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