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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) ketch
a sailing vessel rigged fore and aft on two masts, the larger, forward one being the mainmast and the after one, stepped forward of the rudderpost, being the mizzen or jigger.

Etymology: (1475–85; earlier cache, perh. identical with catch)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) ketch
a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Ketch
an almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden

2. (noun) Ketch
a hangman. See Jack Ketch

3. (verb) Ketch
to catch

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