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ll, a fence, prop. at least 90 feet behind the home base, to stop the balls that pass the catcher; also, the catcher himself.

A bag-shaped net for catching fish.

Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.

only played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal.

A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.

The pitcher and catcher together.

A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.

A South American bird of the flycatcher family. (Tityra inquisetor).

To catch; to grasp; to insnare. [Obs.] Chaucer.

itic in beehives. -- Bee bird (Zoöl.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird. -- Bee flower (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus Ophrys (O. apifera), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects. -- Bee fly (Zoöl.), a two winged fly of the…

To catch in a net; to insnare. Shak.

A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank.

To draw into, or catch in, a trap; to insnare; to circumvent. Gower.

To catch or shoot birds.

Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.

A birdcatcher.

Birdcatching or fowling. Shak. Birding piece, a fowling piece. Shak.

o smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare. When the heart is thus birdlimed, then it cleaves to everything it meets with. Coodwin.

A fowler or birdcatcher.

A play in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the company and tell who it is. Surely he fancies I play at blindman's buff with him, for he thinks I never have my eyes open. Stillingfleet.