Word Meanings - FLYTRAP - Book Publishers vocabulary database
. A trap for catching flies.
Related words: (words related to FLYTRAP)
- CATCHWORK
A work or artificial watercourse for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain. - CATCHER
The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, catches. - 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. - CATCHPENNY
Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show. -- n. - 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. - CATCHWATER
A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain. - CATCHWEED
See CLEAVERS - CATCHY
1. Apt or tending to catch the fancy or attention; catching; taking; as, catchy music. 2. Tending to catch or insnare; entangling; -- usually used fig.; as, a catchy question. 3. Consisting of, or occuring in, disconnected parts or snatches; - CATCH-MEADOW
meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill. - CATCH CROP
Any crop grown between the rows of another crop or intermediate between two crops in ordinary rotation in point of time. -- Catch"- crop`ping, n. Radishes . . . are often grown as a catch crop with other vegetables. L. H. Bailey. - CATCH-BASIN
A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to oatch bulky matters which would not pass readly throught the sewer. Knight. - CATCHMENT
A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir. - CATCHABLE
Capable of being caught. - CATCHWEIGHT
Without any additional weight; without being handicapped; as, to ride catchweight. - CATCHING
1. Infections; contagious. 2. Captavating; alluring. - CATCHUP; CATSUP
A table sauce made from mushrooms, tomatoes, walnuts, etc. - CATCH
dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser, fr. LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of capere to take, catch. See 1. To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball. - 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. - TORPEDO CATCHER
A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats. - BIRDCATCHER
One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler. - SCATCHES
Stilts. - COWCATCHER
A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot. - FLYCATCHER
One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing. Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong to the family Muscicapidæ, as the spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). The American - CONY-CATCHER
A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. Minsheu. - FAIR CATCH
A catch made by a player on side who makes a prescribed signal that he will not attempt to advance the ball when caught. He must not then be interfered with.