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A waster in the snuff of a candle. Bp. Hall. Thief catcher. Same as Thief taker. -- Thief leader, one who leads or takes away a thief. L'Estrange. -- Thief taker, one whose business is to find and capture thieves and bring them to justice. -- Thief tube, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid from a cask. -- T…

erial. It is usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to catch the head of the needle.

ead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher.

The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]

A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey. Carew.

To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.

To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan. Having some of his people trapanned at Baldivia. Anson.

ding a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter. [U. S. & Canada]

A fisherman who used unlawful arts and engines to catch fish. [Obs.] Cowell.

A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.

The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]

take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.

To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely. Will you troll the catch Shak. His sonnets charmed the attentive crowd, By wide-mouthed mortaltrolled aloud. Hudibras.

out and of no value; rubbish. The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither, for state to catch these thieves. Shak. Upon the coming of Christ, very much, though not all, of this idolatrous trumpery and superstition was driven out of the world. South.

To catch in a tunnel net.

A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp.

One who catches turtles or tortoises. "The Jamaica turtlers." Dampier.

The act, practice, or art of catching turtles. Marryat.

o other allied species having similar colors. Called also pied dishwasher. -- Wagtail flycatcher, a true flycatcher (Sauloprocta motacilloides) common in Southern Australia, where it is very tame, and frequents stock yards and gardens and often builds its nest about houses; -- called also black fantail. -- Water wagt…

Any of several plants bearing thorns or stiff hooked appendages, which catch and tear the clothing, as: