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f Catch.

Seized or caught up. " She bears upcaught a mariner away." Cowper.

haic] And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot. Spenser. His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him. Tennyson.

mall fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.

ight, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.

A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth.

The hole or loop in which a button is caught.

To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief. "They pursued . . . and caught him." Judg. i. 6.

Capable of being caught. [R.]

A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.

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

nd winnowing, etc. So take the corn and leave the chaff behind. Dryden. Old birds are not caught with caff. Old Proverb.

A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. [Scot.]

That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair.

Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity. The knots that tangle human creeds, The wounding cords that bind and strain The heart until it bleeds. Tennyson.

The implement with which the ball is thrown and caught in the game of lacrosse.

A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories. All now depends upon a good cry. Beaconsfield.

piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. Milman.- Cup and can, familiar companions. -- Dry cup, Wet cup (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet cupping. See under Cupping. -- To be in one's cups, to be drunk.

Cause of loss of life. Swiftly flies the feathered death. Dryden. He caught his death the last county sessions. Addison.

ement; wild enthusiasm; madness. The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind. W. Irving. The delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament). Motley. Delirium tremens (. Etym: [L., trembling delirium] (Med.), a violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolonged use of in…