[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ketch \ketch\ ke^ch, n. prob. corrupted fr. turk.
   q=aimacq : cf. f. caiche. cf. ca"ique. naut.
   1. an almost obsolete form of sailing vessel, with a mainmast
      and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two
      hundred and fifty tons burden.
      1913 webster

   2. naut. in modern usage, a sailing vessel having two
      masts, with the main mast taller than the aftermost, or
      mizzen, mast.
      rdh

   bomb ketch. see under bomb.
      1913 webster
see also:
ca"ique bomb ketch bomb 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ketch \ketch\, n.
   a hangman. see jack ketch.
   1913 webster
see also:
jack ketch 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ketch \ketch\, v. t. see catch.
   to catch. now obs. in spelling, and colloq. in
   pronunciation.
   1913 webster

         to ketch him at a vantage in his snares. --spenser.
   1913 webster
see also:
catch 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ketch
     n : a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of
         the rudderpost

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