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ketch  (kch)
n. Nautical
A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel with a mizzenmast stepped aft of a taller mainmast but forward of the rudder.
[Middle English cache, from cacchen, to catch; see catch.]
ketch
Noun
a two-masted sailing ship [Middle English cache]
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Noun1.ketchketch - a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost
sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts
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Well, las' Monday I 'uz pass'n by one o' dem places in fourth street whah deh sticks up runaway nigger bills, en he'ps to ketch 'em, en I seed my marster
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
I sailed in the teak-built ketch, the Minota, on a blackbirding cruise to Malaita, and I took my wife along.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
I got hurt a little, en couldn't swim fas', so I wuz a considable ways behine you towards de las'; when you landed I reck'ned I could ketch up wid you on de lan' 'dout havin' to shout at you, but when I see dat house I begin to go slow.
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