Word Meanings - CONY-CATCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To deceive; to cheat; to trick. Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. Shak.
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- BUSINESS
The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal. 7. Care; anxiety; diligence. Chaucer. To do one's business, to ruin one. Wycherley. -- To make one's - CATCHWORK
A work or artificial watercourse for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain. - TRICKISH
Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish. -- Trick"ish*ly, adv. -- Trick"ish*ness, n. - CATCHER
The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, catches. - CHEATABLE
Capable of being cheated. - TRICKERY
The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture. - CATCHWORD
The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing. 3. A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, - CATCH TITLE
A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc. - SIGNORINA
Miss; -- a title of address among the Italians. - TRICKTRACK
An old game resembling backgammon. - CATCHPENNY
Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show. -- n. - TRICKINESS
The quality of being tricky. - TRICKSTER
One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat. - CATCH
1. To attain possession. Have is have, however men do catch. Shak. 2. To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open. 3. To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch. 4. - CATCHDRAIN
A dich or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water. - CATCHFLY
A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly. - CATCHPOLL
A bailiff's assistant. - BUSINESSLIKE
In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods. - CATCHWATER
A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain. - CHEATABLENESS
Capability of being cheated. - SCATCH
A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth. Bailey. - BEAUCATCHER
A small flat curl worn on the temple by women. - CONY-CATCH
To deceive; to cheat; to trick. Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. Shak. - WORD-CATCHER
One who cavils at words. - TRICK
The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. On one nice trick depends the general fate. Pope. (more info) draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan. trække, and 1. An artifice - ESCHEATOR
An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them. Burrill. - TORPEDO CATCHER
A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats. - STRICKLE
An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core. (more info) 1. An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike. 2. An instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle. - BIRDCATCHER
One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler. - UNDECEIVE
To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake. South. - SCATCHES
Stilts. - TRICKING
Given to tricks; tricky. Sir W. Scott.