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A table sauce made from mushrooms, tomatoes, walnuts, etc. [Written also ketchup.]

A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.

See Cleavers.

Without any additional weight; without being handicapped; as, to ride catchweight.

A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, the catchword of a political party, etc.

or artificial watercourse for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.

Apt or tending to catch the fancy or attention; catching; taking; as, catchy music.

Food. [Obs.] See Cates.

and receiving answers, according to the ancient manner of teaching. Socrates introduced a catechetical method of arguing. Addison.

In a catechetical manner; by question and answer.

The science or practice of instructing by questions and answers.

One of the tannic acids, extracted from catechu as a white, crystaline substance; -- called also catechuic acid, and catechuin.

The act of catechising.

To instruct by asking questions, receiving answeres, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith.

One who catechises.

e, reduced to the form of questions and answers. The Jews, even till this day, have their catechisms. Hooker. The Larger Catechism, The Shorter Catechism. See Westminster Assembly, under Assembly.

Of or pertaining to a catechism, having the form of questions and answers; catechical.

One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters.

Of or pertaining to a catechist or to a catechism. Dr. H. More.

See Catechise.